Chapter ThreeWhen she reached the end of the Picture Gallery, Imeldra went to find William Gladwin.
She had been expecting him to come, but when she arrived at the building site, he was just locking up the wooden hut for the night.
As she reached him, he said,
“I am sorry, I was delayed and therefore unable to join you as I promised.”
“I had somebody else to talk to instead,” Imeldra told him.
William Gladwin looked at her sharply.
“The Marquis has returned and he has asked me to dine with him tonight.”
There was a frown between Mr. Gladwin’s eyes.
“I didn’t mean this to happen,” he said. “I don’t know what your father would say.”
“I am quite sure that Papa would not object to my dining with the Marquis, although he would think it insulting that you were not included in the invita
