“You are not to apologise and, of course, you are to talk to me about any subject that interests you and I will enjoy listening. It’s just that I am finding it surprising that on such a very short acquaintance you should understand so much about me.”
“It was Mama who taught me to study people in the same way I would study a book. It is what I did at school, especially when new girls or new mistresses arrived.
“I soon found out that in nine cases out of ten I was absolutely right about them, although naturally I did not say aloud all that was going through my mind.”
The Marquis hesitated and she added quickly,
“I am sorry, it was rude and very foolish of me and I will not do so again.”
“But, of course, you must do it again,” the Marquis assured her. “If we are to work together, we m
