Her words seemed to leave Lady Karen for the moment speechless.
Then she responded furiously,
“I promise you one thing, Ivon, you will learn to rue the day you flouted me. I will not be treated in such a wat by anyone, least of all by you. I shall have my revenge that I promise you!”
“Your threats, of course, terrify me,” the Marquis said sarcastically. Then he added in a cajoling manner, “Come, Karen, be a sport. I am sure my marriage has been a surprise to you as it will have been to many people, but Perdita and I would like you to wish us happiness and to let bygones be bygones.”
“Do you really think I could feel like that about you?” Lady Karen enquired. “You of all people?”
She was speaking with fury, her eyes flashing like a tiger’s as she gazed at the Marquis. For a moment it s
