“I am most intrigued,” said the Marquis, “that your sister should know so much about my family. Or was that particular Marquis more interesting than the others?”
He knew, as he spoke, that any woman with whom he was flirting in London would say at once that he, the present Marquis, was much the most interesting.
Instead of which Rosetta responded,
“My favourite of your family is the one who defied Cromwell’s men. He was so brave in fighting against them that they deliberately left The Castle untouched despite its strategic position in the County.”
“Is that true?” asked Gordon. “The Cromwellians did a great deal of damage to us.”
“I have heard the story of the defence of The Castle since I was in the cradle,” the Marquis replied. “But I am surprised it should have been of any inter
