Personally, I wouldn't be without one, especially when it conies to picking up the tab. Husbands can be boring, irksome and a general pain in the ass, but you have to have one if you want to get on in society. Your father monopolizes your time far too much. "It's time you were looking for a husband for yourself, my dear. She looked back at Evangeline, who had to fight to keep from flinching. "Damn right you wouldn't," said Adrienne. If it's any help, I felt much the same before my wedding, and I've been happy enough. Anyway, whatever else we may be, we're Campbells first. Or do they taste it? I've never been sure. If we didn't, where would we be? In complete bloody chaos, and all the other Families would charge in like sharks scenting blood in the water. The Campbell sets the rules, and we have to follow them. "This is a wedding, after all, not the dentist's." "Do try and at least look cheerful," said William to young Robert.
Fortunately for you, they couldn't keep me out of a wedding this important. Personally, I've never been embarrassed in my life. Mostly they try and keep me away from public functions on the grounds I embarrass them. I'm the one you've probably been warned about, and you should believe every word. He didn't get out much, but he meant well, and occasionally surprised people with his firm grasp of politics. Fortunately William found numbers both more interesting and easier to deal with than people, so he was perfectly suited to the job. It was a job that couldn't be trusted to an outsider, but which most members usually avoided like the plague, on the grounds it was far too much like hard work, and if they'd wanted to work they wouldn't have been born an aristocrat. William Campbell was tall, thin and intense, and the bookkeeper of the Family. William flinched visibly, and was still trying to find the right words with which to introduce Adrienne when she stepped forward, brushing him aside and smiled at Robert. Robert and William Campbell looked up to see standing before them Adrienne Campbell, large as life and twice as loud.
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