chapter twoThey drove for a short while in silence. Then when the road was cleared and Ula thought the Marquis would attend to her, she said,
“May I ask you – something?”
“Of course.”
“If you leave me in London, you will not – tell Sarah where I – have gone?”
“I shall not be seeing Sarah,” the Marquis answered.
Ula looked at him in astonishment.
“But I thought – I understood you were to – propose to her this afternoon.”
“I have not seen your cousin nor do I intend to do so,” the Marquis replied, “and I have no intention of marrying her or anyone else!”
Now there was a note in his voice that told Ula he was very angry and, after a moment, she said,
“Uncle Lionel will be very upset.”
“That cannot be helped.”
There was silence and then the Marquis enquired,
“I presume you are surp
