Their father had obtained for them their own passports when they had planned to go with him to France.
Before that they had been included on his, but he had said,
“You are both old enough now to have your own passports and I think you should look after them and be careful not to lose them.”
Lencia and Alice had been delighted when they had seen their passports signed by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
She knelt down by the safe, which was let into the wall and hidden by a small oak table in front of it.
The Earl’s bedroom was most definitely one of the show rooms of The Castle.
The huge red velvet bed had been there for generations and was ornamented at the back with the Coat of Arms of the Earls of Armeron in full colour.
Much of the furniture had also been there for hu
