Chapter Three“You are very alluring, Esther, as you well know,” Lord Bayford was saying, “I cannot therefore understand why you have not yet brought Ivan to the point.”
“He will ask me, of course, he will ask me,” Esther replied. “It is only a question of time.”
“Time is one thing that neither of us have,” Lord Bayford replied. “The duns are becoming impatient!”
Lady Esther gave a deep sigh.
“I hate to tell you how high my bills are!”
“I thought you made old Charlie pay them?”
“He paid for some,” Lady Esther admitted, “but then Ivan came along and I had to send him away. Anyway his wife was becoming suspicious.”
“You have to make Ivan ask you to be his wife!” Lord Bayford asserted urgently. “I only wish to God that I could marry you myself!”
“Oh, darling,” Lady Esther replied in he
