There was no doubt that the Grand Duke was not the only person who found her captivating and Quintus Tiverton was laughing at everything she said.
There was something provocative in her eyes as she looked at him and Selina could not help thinking with a little pang that her red lips, as they curved in an irresistible smile, were very inviting.
‘Why cannot I be like that?’ she asked herself, almost miserably.
Then her attention was distracted by Madame Leblanc.
“I want to introduce a compatriot of yours. Miss Tiverton,” she said. “Lord Howdrith has especially asked to be presented to you.”
As Selina sank gracefully in a deep curtsey, she thought that Lord Howdrith was the most English-looking Englishman she had ever seen.
He was tall, fair and blue-eyed and had that lazy air of superi
