Chapter ThreeTravelling across France in the Duke’s private railway carriage, which was attached to the Express to Marseilles, Lily thought that the luxury and the comfort were beyond anything she could have imagined.
‘This is what it means to be really rich!’ she thought with satisfaction.
She felt that when she married the Duke she would feel as if she floated on a golden cloud and that the stars were made of diamonds.
It was impossible not to feel romantic when she looked at him, while at the same time his attractions were framed and gilded by his possessions.
Almost every conversation told her more about the wonders of Darle Castle and what the Duke owned in other parts of the country.
But apart from him Lily found that all the other guests lived a life of luxury that was very dif
