While we are on the topic, Miss Reiling’s mother, the Countess of Penwood, has also been acting very strange of late. According to servants’ gossip (which we all know is always the most reliable sort), the countess threw quite the tantrum last night, hurling no fewer than seventeen shoes at her servants. One footman sports a bruised eye, but other than that, all remain in good health. LADY WHISTLEDOWN’S SOCIETY PAPERS, 11 JUNE 1817
