“Please, Wogan, ask me to the next party you give and may it be as wonderful as this one has been!”
“I promise that you shall be the first name on my invitation list,” the Earl said.
Lady Janet smiled at him and there was an expression in her eyes that told the Earl without words that she was hoping for a good deal more than just to be included in his party.
As she was very beautiful, he considered quite coldly and calculatingly whether it would be something he would enjoy.
Then the Marquesa came into the salon.
She was wearing a gown of flamingo pink that was a perfect background for her magnolia skin and dark hair.
As she came down the room, she was aware that Lady Janet’s face was uplifted towards the Earl’s.
He was looking down at her in what apparently was a proprietary manner.
