CHAPTER TWOJuliette was very excited.
“Valeria, chérie, what ’as ’appened to you? You have been away so long! Where you find Lord Waterford and why not invite ’im in for drink? ’E is much the parfait gentilhomme. I like ’im so much.”
Valeria was astonished to learn her rescuer’s title.
Lord Waterford was far from her conception of an aristocrat. He might look attractive, but he lacked the dash and élan she associated with members of the Peerage.
He had led her stallion all the way to the château and Valeria had not been able to keep up a conversation.
After a little she had given up.
Back at the château’s stables, Valeria expressed as prettily as she could her deep gratitude for all his help.
“I would offer you the hospitality of the house and I know the Desrivières would welcom
