“That was what my father did to me,” Ursa said.
Just in time she prevented herself from adding that she had visited many of the places he had mentioned with her father.
She was not aware that the Marquis was surprised at how knowledgeable she was about the artists he was speaking of.
He was finding also that he could talk to her about the places he had visited and know that she was really interested in what he was saying.
She was not just pretending to be, as so many other women had done to him in the past.
After luncheon he insisted that his grandmother should go upstairs and rest.
“I have ascertained that Orestes, coming by train, should be here at about four o’clock,” he said. “That is when you will have to help me, Grandmama, so I hope that you will try to sleep before it is time
