“I am sure you will not do so.”
As if Lady Odele was aware that he was talking to the intruder rather than to Charlotte, she said sharply,
“Come along, Lady Alana. We must find somewhere for you to sleep and I suppose we should find you a gown as your luggage has been lost crossing from Ireland.”
“She can wear my clothes, Aunt Odele,” Charlotte said. “We are luckily about the same size, except that Alana is thinner than I am.”
Her aunt did not bother to answer. She was already walking towards the door.
“Don’t worry about not knowing the new steps,” the Prince said, continuing his conversation with Alana. “I am sure that you will have plenty of partners only too willing to teach you.”
“I hope Your Highness is right.”
She thought that the Prince was about to say something else when sh
