Chapter SixFrom then, as Lela thought afterwards, the Marquis simply took over.
She was feeling so stunned at the shock of finding her aunt dead that it was impossible for her to think clearly.
And it needed a tremendous effort to prevent herself from crying floods of tears
Her mother had always said that it was vulgar to cry in public and she clenched her fingers together trying to suppress the tears in her eyes..
While Geertruida and the other servants were weeping copiously, the Marquis started to give orders.
He sent a manservant immediately to fetch the doctor and an undertaker and Geertruida was told to contact the Baroness’s Solicitor.
Then he took Lela to the sitting room and said to her in his quiet deep voice,
“I know that you will be worried about your aunt’s pictures, so
