Chapter SixYola stared at Aimée in surprise and it flashed through her mind that Aimée wished to be rid of her because of the Duc.
Then she knew that that idea was absurd and after a little pause she asked,
“Why must I go?”
Aimée sat down on the sofa and, throwing her gloves onto a table beside her, said,
“The Prince Napoleon has been here.”
“What for?” Yola enquired.
“He came to see me,” Aimée replied, “because he is determined, completely and absolutely determined, that you should belong to him.”
“Then he will be disappointed!” Yola said sharply. “And I am quite prepared to tell him so.”
“It is not as easy as that.”
“What do you mean?”
“I mean that he will not only harm me, which he has threatened to do, but also the Duc and that is something I cannot allow.”
Yola’s eyes were
