“Malcolm,” she said, the handle already turning in her grasp. He stilled at the use of his given name, but did not look to her, not even when she said, proud and clear, “I feel I should point out that, while a husband’s infidelities may not be grounds for divorce, a wife’s are quite a different thing altogether.” And with her closing salvo, the Duchess of Haven left the Houses of Parliament, scandal in her wake. Scandal, and a husband so irate, she imagined her divorce would come swift and without hesitation.
