"Certainly makes decorating an embassy easier," I suggested with a smile as we moved into the White Drawing Room, the long oval at the center of the enfilade of rooms facing the Thames, and possibly the most spectacular room in the house though not the largest.
"Oh, absolutely, it was a dream moving in here. Converting this house to our Embassy was easier to do than holding the inaugural ball. I made the mistake of remaining unmarried, I had no idea an Embassy would require a hostess," he patted my hand as we moved into the Red Drawing Room, more cluttered and intimate than the other rooms, though just as grand, used for smaller gatherings, "Fortunately we had the excellent Coldicott, who knew exactly what Lady Vere would have done and duplicated her expertise for us."
"Mummy was very fond of giving parties," I smiled at the memory of these rooms filled with people laughing and chatting and dancing, "She had a talent for making people feel at ease and excited to be here at the same time."
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