The only hope, since Parliament was never impulsive or in a hurry, was that all the preliminaries, which involved Solicitors and clerks at the House, would take days if not weeks to complete. With any luck, the Marquis thought, he might be able in that time to extricate himself from the mess he and Leone were in.
The Marquis had an extremely able and sharp brain when he wished to use it.
At this moment he knew he was fighting for the survival of everything that he valued in life.
He was very proud of his antecedents and very conscious that, as Head of the Family, he was looked up to and perhaps even revered by the other members of it.
He could imagine nothing more degrading than being involved in a divorce, the details of which would be broadcast to the public by being reported in the
