They walked down the corridor with the Marquis praying that the two Spaniards would not come out of their room as they passed their door.
He thought it might make things more difficult than they were already if they were forced to go down in the lift together.
Downstairs the Duke’s guests were already arriving and pouring in through the hall.
The Marquis had attended several formal dinner parties at The Langham and he reckoned that the Duke would have taken the whole of the large dining room, which was known as the Salle à manger.
To reach it they were required to pass through a small courtyard with a fountain playing in the middle of it.
Lanthia had never seen this fountain before and she wanted to stop and admire it, thinking just how fascinating it was.
The water caught the lights
