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Alina thought for a moment before she said, “I am sure that is a sensible solution.” “But it will be difficult and that is why I have come to see you, my dearest friend.” “What can I do to help?” Alina enquired. “Well, Papa has agreed that I can go to Rome, and, as it so happens, my cousin, Lord Teverton, whom you have never met, is going there on a special mission on behalf of the Prime Minister. I can travel with him, but, of course, I need to have a chaperone with me.” Alina nodded. She could understand that it would be impossible for a young girl to go abroad without one to look after her and make sure that she does not get into trouble. “That is why I came to see you,” Denise said, “because I have been trying to remember the name of that Governess we had for a short while when