Chapter SixSafina looked around the study and thought that it looked better.
She had risen early to find to her surprise that the Duke had already left for the village.
She had her breakfast alone and then she went into the garden to pick lilac both white and purple, tulips and daffodils. She arranged them in a number of vases and put them on the furniture.
Then she searched in the other rooms to find cushions that were not faded and torn for the chairs.
Although she thought that the Duke would laugh at her, she found a large piece of embroidery and used it to cover the back of the sofa, which was so torn that the stuffing showed.
She had herself re-lit the fire, but had not removed the ashes from the night before as there was no shovel or bucket available.
Now the room looked quite
