“I have thought of a better way than that,” Colena replied, “but I need your help, Elizabeth.”
“Of course I will help in every possible way I can, but you would not be your father’s daughter if you did not realise that people are obsessed by money. The fact that you are so rich will make you seem desirable, not to one man, but to dozens of them.”
She smiled at Colena and added,
“There is nothing you can do about it, except to go round and round the world. Even then most of the men on the ships would either lay their empty purses at your feet or, worse still, try to force you into marriage.”
“That is exactly what I have thought about and why I am determined it will not happen,” Colena replied. “It is why I am appealing to you, dearest Elizabeth, because I think you love me and I know yo
