When Mr. Dobbins and Manella arrived at The Castle, they entered the house through the front door.
This, Manella thought, was a concession because the Marquis was not at home and she was new.
She was tremendously impressed with the marble hall with its Greek statues standing in alcoves and there was a magnificent marble mantelpiece. The staircase had alternating gold and crystal stair-rails and it curved upwards towards an exquisitely painted ceiling.
Manella had left Heron with a groom, but Flash had followed her into the house.
The butler glanced at him before he said,
“I’ll go and find the housekeeper, Miss Chinon, and I suppose that your dog has always lived in the house with you?”
“Yes, he has,” Manella answered firmly. “And he sleeps every night by my bed.”
She thought that Mr
