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With an effort she remembered that she was expected after dressing to go downstairs before dinner and meet her host and the other guests who were staying at The Castle. A groom had brought her instructions to her home and they had been very explicit, so that there was no chance of her making a mistake. She was expected to arrive just before it was time to dress for dinner. When she had immediately been handed over by the Major Domo to the housekeeper, she had realised that she was not first to meet the Duke. She thought with a little smile that he was being very autocratic and it was only surprising that she had not expected to ask for an audience with him. Then she told herself that she would be wise to keep her sense of humour under control. She was quite certain the Duke would not