It was just an idea.
He wondered whether he was making her too important in a show that he had intended to engage a professional performer for.
“If you are quite certain that we are not imposing on Your Grace,” the Vicar was saying, “Lavela and I will certainly find that what you suggest will be most enjoyable.”
After luncheon was over, the Vicar went off with the Curator to explore the house and the Duke took Lavela into the drawing room.
He had always thought himself that it was a most attractive room.
He knew by the way Lavela’s eyes lit up and the way she gazed around her that to her it was a revelation.
The Duke was used to people who came to Moor Hall for the first time being overwhelmed.
First by the sheer size of it, then by the way it was furnished and the treasures it cont
