chapter threeThe Earl put down his empty glass.
“I have an appointment shortly,” he said, “so I must leave you now. But I will return this afternoon with an engagement ring, which I am certain that Sadira will cherish as my mother cherished hers when she received it from my father.”
He was hoping as he spoke that he sounded like a man in love.
Now for the first time there was a faint smile on the Marquis’s lips as he said,
“If you are coming back here, Kensall, then I suggest you stay for dinner.”
What that meant flashed through the Earl’s and Sadira’s mind at the same moment. That nothing could be more uncomfortable than to have to dine with the Marchioness.
Only very quick thinking enabled the Earl to reply,
‘It is most kind of you, my Lord, but I am sure you will understand that
