CHAPTER THREEBy the time that Julia had changed her clothes for luncheon, her father had returned.
She heard him talking to his wife, who had run out of the study to welcome him.
Julia guessed, although she was not certain, that her stepmother would tell her father what had happened during the morning.
How Julia had just walked out of the study without saying a single word.
If she had been clairvoyant, she would have heard her stepmother saying,
“I am sure, my dearest, that she will obey you when you tell her what she has to do. But I do think that it would be wise of you to see Mr. Mansfield first and discuss it all in detail.”
“I am seeing him this afternoon,” the Earl replied. “There is a meeting called by the Master of Foxhounds and I am sure, unless he is away, that Mansfield
