But still wondering if Perry required anything from her, she went downstairs again.
To her surprise he was not in the drawing room.
The Marquis was there alone, standing at the diamond-paned window and looking out onto the garden.
“I thought that my husband would be back,” Kezia exclaimed.
“I hope he is admiring my horses,” the Marquis replied. “I bought them only two days ago from an old friend, the Duke of Alderstone.”
Kezia replied without thinking,
“I know the Duke has some very fine racehorses, but I am surprised that he sold you the fine team that you arrived with. I would have expected him to want them for himself.”
The Marquis smiled.
“Shall I say that I made the offer so attractive that he found it impossible to refuse me?”
“Is that what you often do?” Kezia asked him cur
