Sarah made what she was saying sound very appealing and Daphne gave a little laugh as she added,
“You are right, Sarah, I feel she cannot refuse to do what you ask.”
“That is what I am hoping,” Sarah said, “and that your Godmother, Lady de Vere, will have you.”
Daphne gave a little gasp.
“My – Godmother? But she has not written to me or sent me a present since I was confirmed.”
“I know that,” Sarah replied, “but she is very rich and, although she is getting old, she entertains a lot in what Papa said was a magnificent house in Surrey.”
“I remember his telling us about it,” Daphne said.
“I wrote her very much the same letter as I wrote to Aunt Elizabeth and, because I am sure she always had a tenderness for Papa, I feel she will agree to have you.”
Daphne clasped her hands together.
