“Please do.”
He stood up as the Princess rose and when she had left the room, he looked around.
He was thinking that as a family they had been very remiss in not taking more trouble over Princess Louise.
The room was most sparsely furnished and in fact its only real ornamentation was the number of books in it not only on shelves but on tables and some were even piled on the floor as if there was no other place for them.
The Duke wondered if it was the Princess who was such an avid reader or her daughter.
The door now opened and the Princess entered with Valona beside her.
He had only had a quick glance at her yesterday at the funeral, but now he realised she was very pretty and if she was better dressed, she would undoubtedly be hailed as a beauty.
Valona was fair whilst her mother
