“If we cannot travel as we want to do with our bodies, then we have to travel with our minds.”
“It is certainly a cheaper way of doing it,” the Earl remarked, “but I think my way is the best.”
“It all comes down to the same thing, which is if you can afford it!”
“Now we are talking about money again. I am sure it’s a subject you are determined to discuss with me sooner or later.”
Barker had left the room and they were alone.
“What I am really worried about is my home,” she replied. “You know I live in the Vicarage and, although Papa is dead, no one else has been appointed as Vicar.”
There was silence for a moment and then he said,
“What you are saying is that living rent-free in the Vicarage is for you the equivalent of an income which you do not possess.”
Raina nodded.
“Because I
