"Patricia, is there really no way to change his mind?" asked the other countess in the room. Since these women were close friends in every sense of the word, they called each other by their names when they were in private.
Patricia sighed in resignation upon hearing the question and, defeated, she shook her head and responded, "I'm afraid it's not possible, Marín. When I saw Mr. Andrew's expression I felt that he would not give in."
All the women wrinkled their eyebrows upon hearing Patricia's response and one of the baronesses said in a doubtful tone, "Can't we pressure him in some way?", but was immediately reprimanded by another baroness, "Neris, if we do that then that man will have a problem with us and will surely take repression."
