They finished their tour of the first floor having already seen on the ground floor another large drawing room, the West Gallery, the library and a room that the Earl said was to be exclusively his.
There were other rooms, but he said that they were not ready for Darcia’s inspection and instead took her upstairs where she found he had planned not only many delightful bedrooms but also several bathrooms that she had not expected to see.
When they reached the ground floor again, the Earl looked at her and confessed,
“I have the uneasy feeling that I have done something wrong.”
“Not exactly – wrong,” Darcia countered hesitatingly.
“I am preparing myself for a shock,” he said with a somewhat wry smile on his lips.
“You, my Lord, have planned your house with a perfection I find overwhelmi
