“If that is true, then find him!” Lady Hester screamed. “And if it is somebody staying here with us, I will kill them!”
Her voice rang out round the Chapel making an unnatural echo.
Valencia was not surprised when next she heard her father’s voice,
“I must ask you, my Lady, and you, gentlemen, to remember that you are in a House of God and not to desecrate it, as you are doing at the moment.”
He stopped for a moment to look at them.
“I am now returning to my house. If his Lordship requires my services within the next hour before I retire to bed, I suggest you ask him to come himself and tell me of his wishes.”
He paused, shaking his head before continuing,
“I find it hard to believe in view of what has happened that he really desires to be married.”
The Vicar spoke with dignity and
