‘In fact, she is exceptional,’ the Duchess told herself.
She had already made up her mind that when the Marquis had finished using her as a tool to enact his revenge on Lady Sarah, she would look after her at her house in Hampstead and try to find her a husband who would make her really happy.
*
After the Duchess had gone up to rest, saying they had only a small dinner party to attend that night and so would be able to go to bed long before midnight, Ula went into the library.
As she had said, there were so many books she wanted to read that she did not know where to begin.
She had just found one that looked particularly interesting because it was about horses, when the door opened and the butler announced,
“His Highness Prince Hasin of Kubaric to see you, miss!”
Ula started and alm
