CHAPTER SEVENSir Hubert opened the letter, which he knew was from his daughter and read it eagerly.
“Darling Papa,
I am afraid I have made a mess of everything. I told Harry the truth yesterday and he was very surprised.
He then said he was prepared to live here, which I have made exactly as it was when his mother and father were alive, if he was not alone.
I knew, as he said it, that he was thinking of Camille Clyde and that as soon as he is well enough, which should be in two or three days’ time, he will go to London.
I am sorry, so very sorry, and I should have waited longer, but perhaps by some miracle, she may no longer need him.
With so much love from your contrite daughter,
Teresa.”
Sir Hubert read the letter through a second time.
He then walked across Berkeley Square to t
