I gazed up at him. "Oh, it was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. I hope you won't catch trouble?"
"No, no. He can't do anything to me," the young man said, with much bravado. "He has no real power; he's just jealous that you're with me. Some men can't get a woman, and they have a fierce hatred and jealousy for anyone who can. But the real reason he can't touch me is that I'm related to the owner. She's my great-aunt, Dame Anastasia Louis herself."
I made my eyes wide as a schoolgirl. "Really? You're an important man, then."
He grinned, as if to a small child. "I am." He put his arm round me. "She's going to make me famous, she said, teach me everything she knows. Did you know she was a famous actress? She did a show that was the talk of the town. Played the Queen of Diamonds, bec
