“I am going out into the garden, Papa,” she said and turned towards the door.
Her father did not answer.
The Marquis was once again aware that there was an expression of fear in Celina’s eyes and he had not been mistaken in thinking her hand was trembling.
‘What is upsetting her? What is wrong?’ he asked himself.
Then his thoughts were back with his own problem as to what he should say to the Countess.
When tea was over, they moved back into the room where the Marquis had first met the Earl.
“There is an excellent view from here of our guest’s yacht,” the Earl was saying. “And I am hoping we shall be able to inspect it tomorrow.”
“Of course you must and I expect that you will be interested in some of the improvements I have made that as far as I know are not being installed into a
