After all he had loaned both Lady Daisy and Lady Tatham the jewels that they had appeared in at the Khedive’s party.
It made her think that after all she would rather have had the orchids as at least they were personal and had not been worn before by anyone but herself.
Then she knew that she was being ungrateful.
But, when she climbed into bed and lay with only the firelight flickering on the beautiful flowered wallpaper, she felt that she yearned and longed for something that she could not put into words.
“I should be the happiest girl in the world,” she said aloud and yet there was something missing.
The next day it began to snow after tea and, while Sir Charles dozed in front of the fire, Bettina walked round the salon looking at the pictures, the exquisite objets d’art and the in
