They had reached the door by this time, but Fiona was quite certain that the Duke had heard the child’s description of him.
She hoped it made him feel uncomfortable, although she doubted it.
They were introduced by Mr. McKeith to an elderly housekeeper and taken to rooms on the same floor, but which were a long way down a twisting passage and were, Fiona decided, in one of the other Towers,
There was a large room for Mary-Rose with a four-poster bed that delighted her and a room opening out of it for Fiona. It had been intended, she knew, for Fiona’s Governess. It was therefore not as impressive as the one the child would occupy.
However, it was quite comfortable and had a magnificent view from the window over the encircling wall of The Castle and the wild moorland beyond it.
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