CHAPTER FIVEAlissia was in her element.
She had seen Clive again last night, when there had been an orchestral concert at the Palace.
She thought how incredibly handsome he was and how different in some ways from the young man who had hidden in Nanny’s bed.
Nanny was delighted as well because he had called during the afternoon when she had been the only one in their Apartment.
Alissia had gone out in a barge with her father and the Countess had taken Nancy to attend some gathering in the Royal Palace.
According to Nanny’s view, and Nanny was always right as she knew, Clive was even finer and better-looking than the King himself.
She was flushed and excited with all the kind things he had said to her and he had given her a present, which she mentioned only to Alissia.
In a way Alissi
