King George laughed.
“I don’t think that any man could receive such a magnificent and unique gift and be able to keep the news to himself.”
“But you must try very hard. You know, as well as I do, that if one whisper reaches England that I was in the area, there are always people who put two and two together and make it five!”
“Of course I realise that, David, and I swear to you that I will be very careful, and Olga will be told nothing until the statue is actually found. What I am trying to think is where you can put it and where it will be safe until it is discovered as if accidentally.”
The two men talked on until it was luncheon time.
The Duke went to the private drawing room that the King and Queen used when they were alone.
It was not even the dining room on the first floor, but
