CHAPTER FIVEWalking in the garden Paulina felt lonely.
She had slipped away from The Palace knowing that she was not wanted. The flowers brilliant in the sunshine made her feel homesick for Altauss.
She wished that she was brave enough to suggest that she should go home since it was quite obvious that even her usefulness to the Princess had come to an end.
The day after they had arrived at Tsarskoe-Selo, the Grand Duke’s three sisters came and made such a fuss of Margarita that Paulina felt that they almost elbowed her out of their way.
The sisters were all young, very attractive and very vivacious.
It was obvious that they welcomed their brother’s marriage enthusiastically and Paulina felt secretly that they were relieved to be rid of the Frenchwoman he had been attached to for so lo
