Chapter FourAs the Duke finished speaking, the door opened and the Vicar came in.
“I have seen a great deal of the house, Your Grace,” he said, “and I hear that your guests have arrived. I think therefore Lavela and I should now return home.”
“There is no hurry,” the Duke replied quickly. “In fact I wanted to ask you, now I realise how interested you are in music, if you know anybody who would take the part in my play of an elderly woman?”
He did not wait for the Vicar to reply, but went on,
“Your daughter will be the angel who comes to tell her that, however old she may be, she is still needed and when finally she dies she will still go on helping those she loves from Heaven.”
The Duke became aware that the Vicar was staring at him in astonishment.
Then, as if he felt that he was be
