“Then when the Princess arrived at the Duke’s house in Cornwall,” Lucia went on, “she met his youngest son Bernard – ”
“And they fell in love!”
“From the moment they saw each other, Mama said, it was as if Papa had a light blazing from him, and he felt the same way about her.”
“What happened?”
“At first they thought despairingly that there was nothing they could do, and Papa decided to go abroad because he said he could not stay in the same country with Mama and see her married to his father.”
“That is how I should have felt,” the Marquis said.
“They were both very – unhappy, until Papa – had an idea.”
“And what was that?”
“It was clever – but it needed very careful – planning.”
“What did they do?”
“First of all Papa took his two best horses from the stables, and told the groom
