*
Shana had been worrying all the way to the Hall about what exactly she should say to the Marquis.
Would he believe her?
She knew it was impossible for her not to warn him that his silver was in danger and equally she found her situation extremely embarrassing. Her father would be horrified at her becoming involved in anything that could cause a scandal.
She began to feel that if she was sensible she would forget what she had heard the two Italians plotting and that she could leave the Marquis to fight his own battles.
But she was aware of the outstanding treasures which were housed at the Hall.
The Marquis’s silver ranked as a national treasure.
She and her father had often talked of the treasures he had seen in the different parts of Europe he had visited. She remembered him sayi
