I had a date with Colin Selwick. I had no where else to turn when it came to research but I had a date with Colin Selwick. I could not believe it and had to ask Pammy three times if the conversation had really happened. I was not even looking forward to the party yet I have to say it was one of Pammy's best.

Colin is the kind of guy that every girl dreams about having but never does. I have only known Colin a little over two weeks and in that time I have gone from total hatred for the man to total want. I could not wait till Saturday night and I pray to god nothing happens to ruin it. I can just see something happening now, Colin calling and saying "Sorry, I can't make it my cat was just hit by an old lady in a wheelchair" or something along those lines. That would be my luck.

I had to get Colin out of my head so I will only think of where to look for the Pink Carnation next. There was nowhere to look as I had already used my last lead to discover Letty and Geoff in Ireland. I was out of names to look for. Unless….Mary came to my head. Where had Mary ended up after Geoff married her sister? Maybe if I researched her I may be able to find where the Pink Carnation had gone after Ireland.

I called Mrs. Selwick-Adlerly to talk to her about what I had discovered so far. She told me to come over for tea if I had the time and of course being the graduate student that I am, I had the time. I put on a cream cashmere sweater and a plaid a-line skirt with a nice pair of Mary Janes, and headed out the door. The weather had been nice today, no rain at least so I was excited that I could make the trip and still look presentable.

The trip on the tube was as fun as ever and I managed to find a seat by no one with coffee, which meant no chance of them spilling it on me. As I was sitting and loving the ride on London's transportation, I started to think back on all the couples. They never did seem to end up at the same place anymore. Were they trying to keep a low profile by avoiding each other? I knew that Richard and Miles had had a falling out when Miles married Henrietta but surely that could not mean that Richard, Miles and Geoff stopped seeing each other completely. I mean just because the world found out that the Purple Gentian was Lord Richard Selwick did not mean that he could not still see his oldest friends. I mean even Sir Percy Blakeney still saw Lord Andrew!

I made to Mrs. Selwick-Aderly's house unscathed and we sat to a nice cup a tea. I told her about what I read at Selwick Hall and how that led me to Geoff and Letty. I told her how I found all of the information in the British Library and she was as amazed as I was that it was out in the public like that.

"To think the answer to who the Pink Carnation is was sitting in the library the whole time" murmured Mrs. Selwick-Aderly.

"Well I don't think that anyone would find it if they had not learned about Richard and Miles first. The only reason I found it is because I decided to look for Mary Alsworthy."

"Mary Alsworthy? What did you find about her?"

"Nothing really, only that she and Geoff had planned to elope but he ended up with her sister instead."

"That is all?"

"Yes, she seemed to disappear right before the wedding"

"Yes, that would be around the right time for her to disappear."

"What do you know about Mary?"

"I think Colin can answer that question better than I can."

"Colin?"

"Yes, he has quite a bit of information on Mary Alsworthy. He started to track her when Geoff and Letty came up with the idea that the Black Tulip may not be one single person."

"She is connected with the Black Tulip?"

"I will have Colin show you what he has maybe then it will make better sense than if I try to explain it."

As if on cue, Colin walked into the room, kissed his aunt on the cheek and then turned his eyes to me. He stared at me while he said, "How are things going, Aunt Arabella?"

"Just fine, Colin. I was just telling Eloise that you tracked Mary Alsworthy down after Geoff and Letty's wedding."

"So I did. Let me guess you would like to see those documents to" he said to me.

"I would like to if you would like to show me." I replied nonchalantly.

"Well I could take you back with me to Selwick Hall and let you have your way with the documents but I have a date on Saturday that is very important." He smiled right at me.

"And what if your date cancels?" I said playing into his little game.

"Then I am free to take you this very second to Selwick Hall right this minute."

"What was that agent's name who popped up after Ireland?" asked Mrs. Selwick-Adlerly.

"I think you are referring to the Cerise Amaryllis", replied Colin without taking his eyes off mine.

"Who is the Cerise Amaryllis? I asked eagerly.

"Why the Cerise Amaryllis is the next chapter of the story"