He looked at the Park in front of him as he spoke and Oletha knew that he was thinking how fortunate he was to have become the Duke of Gorleston.
“I am sure that from the time you were a small boy you wished it could be yours as it is now,” she said softly.
He looked at her in surprise.
“Why should you think that?”
“As there is no one, especially someone whose name is ‘Goring’, who would not want to own Gore. It is without exception the most magnificent house I have ever imagined.”
“That is what I want it to continue to be.”
“So, if I am successful in my treasure hunt, Gore will be saved.”
“Shall we say that many things that need to be urgently done could be paid for?”
The Duke thought that this was the most extraordinary conversation to be having with a strange young girl and so h
