CHAPTER SEVENCount von Brauer lost no time in informing the Duchess of his impromptu visit to Farron Towers. He was anxious to impress upon her the desirability of removing her step-daughter from the company of the dashing Lord Farron.
“After all,” he shrugged, watching the Duchess closely, “Sylvia does not remember me and – she is in a highly susceptible state at the moment.”
The Duchess was so distracted by this intimation of an unwelcome friendship between Sylvia and Lord Farron, that she quite forgot to rebuke the Count for visiting Sylvia without her express command. The Duchess was sure that Lord Farron, though of an old and distinguished family, was by no means as wealthy as the Count. The Count, after all, owned vast estates in Bavaria!
She must act quickly or all would be lost!
