CHAPTER FIVETrue to his word, the Marquis arrived at six o’clock that evening.
Lexia descended the main staircase to find him waiting in the hall below with her father and they looked up to watch her with differing degrees of satisfaction.
Mr. Drayton nearly burst with pride at the picture his daughter presented. She was wearing a dress that she had bought in London and which had originally been imported from Paris.
The Marquis also regarded her with pleasure, although his was quieter and more restrained. He thought she looked exquisitely beautiful and would surely outshine all the ladies at the dinner party.
He wondered if Wayne Freeman truly appreciated what he had won and why he had allowed himself to be frightened off – the ungrateful dog!
The Marquis knew that if he had won such
