Chapter SevenThe Earl, having gone to Osterley Park and taken luncheon with the Earl of Jersey, drove back to London with a feeling of urgency to be home.
He had found it difficult to concentrate even on the mill, which had been a good one, or on the treasures that the Earl had shown him in his superb house, which had been decorated by the Adam brothers.
Instead he kept seeing in his mind Petrina’s unhappy face and hearing the anguished note in her voice when she had pleaded with him to understand why she had behaved as she had.
When his temper had abated, the Earl had realised quite clearly what had motivated her into trying to find a story for the newspaper reporter in order to prevent him from publishing that which concerned himself and Lady Isolda.
He understood now why Lady Isolda
