“You became involved with him in the first place,” Penelope said, “and actually there was no need for me to plead with him. I merely said that we had to leave the Reception early because we would have such a tiring day tomorrow. And when he asked me why and I told him that our creams were in such demand that Mrs. Lulworth wanted more, he said at once that he would arrange for us to travel in comfort.”
“I wish you had discussed it with me first,” Alisa said.
Penelope laughed.
“You would only have said no and I should have asked him anyway, so what was the point?”
When Penelope had left her and Alisa was alone, she thought of quite a number of arguments she might have put forward to show that they should not accept any more favours from the Earl.
Then she told herself that there was no
