Chapter Seven“It has been an exciting day,” the Duke remarked enthusiastically as they went up the stairs.
“It has been wonderful, absolutely wonderful,” Safina answered. “And I can still hardly believe that the workmen would find the original panelling in the hall under all that paper and paint.”
It was just one of the discoveries that had been made in the last two days.
They had received a letter from Mr. Metcalfe saying that he had obtained a loan of twenty thousand pounds for them.
Safina had jumped about with joy.
The Duke knew that he had only to ride into the village and tell Mr. Geary to send a number of other workmen up to the house next morning.
He thought that every carpenter, painter and gilder in the whole County would now be working at Wyn.
There was so much to do, pla
