Chapter ThreeAt dinner Yvette Joyant monopolised the conversation and made it very clear both to Una and to Philippe Dubucheron that they were too unimportant to be of any consequence.
The Duke listened to what she had to say with a cynical smile on his face that made Una feel that he was in some ways rather intimidating.
She had never before met anybody who managed to seem aloof even when taking part in a conversation.
He appeared, she thought, to be watching everything that was taking place as if it was a theatrical performance and he was in the audience rather than being a participant.
She wondered if in fact that was how he always looked at life or if it was just because this evening was unusual.
Perhaps a small party of four people was indeed unusual to the Duke, who, she felt in
