“Now you quite understand, Gina? You come to The Towers just as soon as you have everything packed.”
“Yes – Uncle Edmund.”
“You will take the stagecoach to Bedonbury and my carriage will meet you at the turning off the high road.”
“Yes, Uncle Edmund.”
“You will, of course,” Lord Calborne went on, “have to be escorted by your Nanny and after that she can retire. There is no room for her at The Towers.”
Gina drew in her breath.
Then with an effort she asked him,
“Would it not be possible, Uncle Edmund, for – Nanny to stay with me? She has been with Mama and Papa since before I was born.”
“Then it is high time she retired,” Lord Calborne replied, “and at eighteen you are far too old to require a Nanny to look after you.”
He cleared his throat before he added,
“In fact I have already
