Then there would be new faces, new interests and perhaps he might even be persuaded to visit Egypt.
Lord Yelverton felt pleased at the thought.
Eccentric though he might be, he liked Audenshaw and he also had a great respect for his knowledge and ability, which he knew now that he had talked to him, were quite unsurpassed by any other archaeologist in the world.
‘He cannot stay here for long founding a family and ignoring his responsibility to all future generations as an exceptionally gifted interpreter of the past,’ Lord Yelverton muttered to himself.
He decided that, when he came back from his expedition with Tula, he would have a long talk with her father and try to make him see sense.
He had a strong feeling that she would bitterly oppose him in this as she had tried to thwart hi
