" Ellen FitzEngle, may I present to you Mr. Axel Belmont of Candlewick.” “Mrs. Fitz.” Belmont bowed over her hand, smiling openly. “We’re acquainted. I am a botanist, and Mrs. FitzEngle has the most impressive flower gardens in the shire.” “You flatter, Professor,” Ellen said, “but I’ll allow it. I came to see the massacre, or what surely sounded like one.” “You heard my sons,” Belmont concluded dryly. “As soon as we cut the pie, you’ll have the pleasure, or the burden, of meeting them.” “Won’t "

― Grace Burrowes , The Virtuoso (Duke's Obsession, #3; Windham, #3)