CHAPTER FIVEThere was a silence and then Jaela said,
“You have not yet seen the second book of my father’s stamps, my Lord.”
The Earl smiled.
“In other words, you are telling me to mind my own business.”
“I think, my Lord,” Jaela retorted, “we were talking about Kathy and, of course, stamp collecting as well, which is more important.”
“I agree with you,” the Earl said, “and I apologise for diverting from the text.”
There was a sarcastic note in his voice, which she did not miss.
Instead she handed the second of her father’s albums to him saying,
“I hope your Lordship will not be envious, but I am very certain that you cannot equal the stamp on the first page.”
The Earl took the album from her and opened it cautiously.
Then he exclaimed,
“I don’t believe it! The British Guyana On
