“Many of the old servants have gone for one thing. I thought to see familiar faces, but instead Bateman, the butler, has retired.”
“You will find him in the village.”
“You know him?”
“Yes, of course.”
“Why of course?”
“Because living here, I know everyone in the village.”
“Then perhaps you can tell me what has happened to the footmen we used to have.”
Ivana stiffened for a moment and then she said in a very different tone,
“I am sure your agent, my Lord, will give you any information you require about the servants in the house, but now I think I should go home.”
Her last words were heard by Anthony as he came into the library.
“Go home?” he echoed. “That is ridiculous! We have so much to show you, have we not Justin? The pictures for instance, and so much else I think you will fi
