They both laughed.
Marcia, however, was aware that her father was looking at the Duc as if he thought that he should have been at her side.
He was, however, as she expected, talking to the beautiful Marquise.
She was obviously determined to out-gown every other woman in the room as she was wearing a dress of vivid pink that accentuated the whiteness of her skin and the darkness of her hair.
As she stood beside the Duc, Marcia thought that they were an outstandingly handsome couple.
She wondered, if he had to marry anyone, why he did not marry someone as alluring as the Marquise.
It was a question that made her curious, and she could not help asking when she sat down at dinner if the Marquise was married.
She was speaking to Sardos because, to her surprise, she found that she was sit
