She could not help thinking what a very long time it would take the women to walk all the way down to the sea carrying their children.
They might use perhaps a small cart for their belongings, but they would also have to drive what animals they possessed in front of them.
But what could she say? How could she help them?
She felt helpless as the Duke, having finished speaking of the Vikings, made her descend the stone steps in front of him so that he could close the door of the tower.
There were other sights for her to see in The Castle and, because they had luncheoned late, it was teatime long before Leona expected it.
The Duke took her into another sitting room that was smaller and in a way more comfortable than the one he habitually sat in.
Here his sister and the elderly cousins w
