CHAPTER THREEIlina rose very early as she always did and this morning it was more important than usual.
Yesterday, as they went round the house, the Duke had said very little while she explained which parts had been added by successive holders of the title and how the cloisters had remained incorporated each time the house had been altered.
Her stories were very entertaining about various eccentric Burys who had lived at The Abbey.
When at six o’clock she glanced at the clock, thinking that dinner would be in an hour’s time, the Duke remarked,
“I imagine my servant has arrived by now.”
“Servant?”
“I am sure you must have thought it strange that I arrived without any luggage,” the Duke replied.
Ilina felt that he was rebuking her for what she now realised was an oversight on her part
