CHAPTER THREEFor the next two days Della was fully occupied arranging the dinner party.
She was determined that it should not be an intimate one, with opportunities for Jason to speak to her privately. What she really wanted was to have a good look at him to see if he had improved – which was extremely unlikely – since she had last met him.
Her heart sank every time she thought of him, but equally she knew she must help her uncle.
He was wise and sensible enough not to talk about Jason when they were alone. Instead, they discussed every other subject that had ever interested them.
Della recognised, however, that he was worried and troubled. It made her more and more angry that the Duke, his best friend, should now have forced this virtually impossible situation upon him.
‘It certainly
