Lupita smiled.
“We have Jerry’s Governess with us, who is a very sweet woman. She taught me before I went to school. At the moment she has had to go to look after one of her sisters who is ill but she is ‒ coming back at the end of the month.”
“And so you were alone,” the Earl said as if he was trying to form a picture in his mind of the situation that she found herself in.
“We were – alone,” Lupita said, “until our – cousin Rufus Lang – appeared.”
“And who is he?” the Earl asked.
“He is the son of Papa’s younger brother – and he has always – lived in London.”
“I think I have heard of him,” the Earl remarked. “I believe he is a member of White’s Club.”
“He is very smart and goes – so he tells me – to all the very best parties and so knows – everybody of – importance and influence.”
