CHAPTER SIXThe next morning the Duke was determined to have a word with the Prince about the mountain he wanted to buy.
And then he had decided that he and William would visit it to make quite certain that the place where he had originally seen the gold had not subsequently been mined.
He had not said a word to anyone at the time, but he was sure that, if there had been further exploration and development, he would have heard about it in one way or another.
The Duke went to the Prince’s private sitting room immediately after breakfast.
The Prince was waiting for him.
“I have been wanting a word with you, my dear Duke,” he said, as soon as they had sat down, “about my daughter, Natasha.”
“I have been thinking about her,” the Duke said quickly. “My wife and I would suggest that you sen
