CHAPTER FOURErlina burst into the drawing room where the Marquis was sitting and exclaimed,
“I have found it! I have found it!”
“What have you found?” the Marquis asked.
“The fennel and eyebright for your eyes.”
“In your Herb Garden, I suppose,” the Marquis remarked.
“Yes, and it was easy to find the fennel, but very difficult to find the eyebright because it is so small.”
“I don’t suppose they will do me any good,” the Marquis commented rather ungratefully.
Erlina drew in her breath.
“You are not very encouraging, my Lord,” she said, “and it took me a long time to – find them.”
The way she spoke sounded tragic and unexpectedly the Marquis held out his hand.
“Come here,” he said.
Reluctantly she moved a little closer to him, then, as his hand was still outstretched, put hers int
