CHAPTER SIXHermia followed Lady Langdon into the large marble hall and asked a footman,
“Is his Lordship back yet?”
“His Lordship came back a few minutes ago, miss, and he’s in the study.”
Hermia waited until Lady Langdon had set one foot on the stairs before she said,
“I wanted to speak to your brother, if you don’t need me.”
“No, we have finished all we had to do this morning, so go and talk to Favian,” Lady Langdon replied with a smile and walked up the exquisitely carved staircase which led to the State rooms on the first floor.
The Marquis’s house was different from what Hermia had expected. It was one of the largest mansions in Piccadilly and even more magnificent and awe-inspiring than its owner.
On the ground floor there was the dining room, the library, the breakfast and wr
