“At the same time Lord Stanton is your – relative and relatives have – special privileges.”
“The trouble with my relatives is that I have too many of them,” the Duke pointed out.
“You are lucky,” Una replied. “I have – none.”
“How can anybody have none?”
It flashed through his mind that once again she was playing the poor little orphan girl with nowhere to go and rather overdoing the role.
“But it is true in effect,” Una said. “Papa lost all touch with his family when he left England and Mama’s relations were so angry because she ran way with him – that they never spoke to her again.”
“So you really are alone,” the Duke remarked, “except that I am here.”
“You know how – thankful I am for that,” Una said. “If you had not – saved me this afternoon, I – ”
“Forget this afternoon,” the
