CHAPTER FOURGordon walked forward holding out his hand.
“I am delighted to greet you, my Lord,” he said. “I was afraid you had either forgotten us or had been held up on the way.”
“The latter is my excuse,” responded the Marquis. “Actually it was His Royal Highness who held me up, so I feel sure you will forgive me.”
“We are so delighted that you have arrived safely. This is my brother Henry – and my sister Dolina.”
Rosetta had been keeping in the background, but now she came forward and held out her hand.
“So we meet at last,” the Marquis declared. “I have heard so much about you. You are exactly as I expected.”
Rosetta smiled,
“We are so glad you have arrived. Did your horses break any record coming here?”
“As a matter of fact they did!”
It passed through the Marquis’s min
