“And most uncomfortable it would feel,” Charles added. “Can I fetch you a drink, Sheinna?”
“I would just love a glass of lemonade.”
He did not persuade her to have champagne which he was drinking and he took a glass of lemonade from a footman standing by the door with a tray of glasses.
They sat down when the dance started and the Duke led Mary-Lee onto the floor
Then Charles asked Sheinna,
“Is it really true you are engaged to Alpin?”
She nodded.
“Yes, but he told his mother only today.”
“And what does your father say about it?” Charles enquired. “I have always understood that he loathes and detests all the McBarens. People laugh at the way he is so vehement against my friend Alpin.”
“Perhaps in some way we will be able to put an end to the ridiculous feud between our families. A
