However much she disliked the Duke she could not believe that he would behave in such a despicable manner.
‘He would be too proud to condescend to a creature so much below him in social standing as a Governess!’ she thought.
That might be reassuring, but at the same time it was depressing to think that in the whole Castle there was no one she could turn to as an equal and a friend.
In fact she had an idea that she was going to find it very lonely with no one to talk to.
They did not see the Duke that day.
In the afternoon Tamara collected some books from the library and took them up to their sitting room.
There had been a wide variety of choice, which had delighted her. But she knew that she was going to miss discussing what she read with Lord Ronald as she had done in Cornwall.
Maï
