She made another helpless gesture with her hands.
“But where can I go?”
The Duke thought for a moment.
“I have an idea which you may think is quite mad. I am not certain whether I am suggesting an answer to your problem or letting off a bomb.”
“I don’t understand. Tell me what you are saying?” Sheinna begged.
The Duke paused again before replying,
“As it happens I am in very much the same position as you. I am being pressured by my relatives into marrying a young girl simply because she is very rich.”
“But then surely, Your Grace, you don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do.”
The Duke smiled.
“I am being badgered, even as you are, until it is very difficult for me to refuse, simply because money is needed, not for me personally, but for the Castle, the estate, and of course
