“I agree, Alan, the sooner I get on with the job the better. I don’t suppose I shall be the only one in Europe bidding for the automatic air brake and the more competition there is, the more money we shall have to pay for it.”
“Then I suggest, if you agree, that tomorrow I go to Windsor and inform the Queen of my engagement to Yolanda. Her Majesty is my Godmother and I know that she would be very offended if she was not the first to know that I have been ‘caught’ at last.”
“I was not trying to catch you,” asserted Yolanda.
Lord Milborne put out his hand towards her.
“I know, my darling, and that makes you different from anyone else I have ever met. Actually from the first moment I saw you, I was determined to catch you and not let anyone else have you!”
He looked deeply into Yolanda
