“I shall be most delighted to do so, Your Grace,” Mr. Farlow replied.
The Duke turned away to speak to another of his guests and Mr. Farlow then turned to address Galina with an expression of satisfaction in his eyes.
“I’m so very grateful to you for bringing Ellie-May and me here tonight and I think the Duke is an extremely charming man.”
He did not say more and Galina was quite certain that he was thinking how the Duke could be an asset to him in business.
“Are you really going to give a ball?” she asked.
“I’ll talk about it tomorrow morning, but as far as I’m concerned the sooner the better.”
Galina paused and wondered if she ought to try to postpone the ball until Georgie had returned.
‘I must speak to him about it,’ she thought.
Then almost because she really needed him, he wa
