Chapter ThreeClint Wilbur’s inspection of the horses in the stables was finished and the Duke looked at him with an unmistakable expression of greed.
He had been so overwhelmingly effusive about his horses that Alita felt embarrassed.
She could understand her uncle’s need of money only too well. At the same time some pride within her made her feel that it was undignified of the Duke of Langstone to play so unashamedly the part of a supplicant.
‘It is very bad for a young man to have so much power,’ she thought.
In consequence she could not help, although she knew that it would annoy her uncle, speaking in a colder voice about the horses than she would have done under other circumstances.
She even pointed out two or three faults, which brought a frown to the Duke’s forehead, but she wa
