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CHAPTER FOURCarola thought that dinner was a huge success. Everybody seemed to be laughing and joking. She was very conscious that she looked dazzling in the diamond tiara that the Marquis had sent to her by his valet. It arrived just as she was putting the finishing touches to her gown and with it there was a diamond necklace and earrings to match. Her finery made her look older and she thought that she was very much ‘the Marchioness’ as she walked down sedately the stairs. Carola saw the admiration in the Duke’s eyes, but she decided not to talk to him and to concentrate instead on Alton Westwood. He was in evening clothes and they were obviously cut in the American style. Mary-Lou looked adorable. She had on a fluffy dress of the type a young girl would wear. She was very vivac