“That is something I have often thought of myself,” Benedicta agreed. “I am not complaining, but I do feel slightly out of place in this wonderful house.”
She looked around her, as she spoke and said,
“Your pictures take my breath away! Might I be allowed to look at them when I am not caring for Papa?”
“I should be delighted to show you the best of them myself,” the Duke offered.
“But you have not answered the question,” the Major said impulsively. “Why did your grandfather let you leave Huntingford ?”
There was a little pause before Benedicta responded,
“I am afraid my father and grandfather do not see eye to eye. He is very orthodox and he did not like the way Papa took the Services and actively disliked his sermons.”
There was a faint smile on her lips as she added,
“In the end,
