On her very first day in Holloway Palace Miss Rhea Wellman had already began making changes to her new home.
A sudden brust of creativity led her to have a lounging area made on her balcony, something simple to ensure the large space could be efficiently enjoyed.
With the eager help of the Palace servants she succesfullly found a spare set of chairs and a low table, cream-coloured to match the colour scheme of her suite, and her new escape from Palace politics was successfully created.
It was there that the Grand Duke's mistress gathered with her Ladies-In-Waiting to indulge in a favourite pastime of most courtesans: gossip.
"She is serpentine, that Lady Burnett," Calida concluded as Rhea's tale of the morning's events came to an end.