Listening to the conversation, Devona heard Lady Olga use the word ‘us’.
She felt as if a cold hand clutched her heart.
If she was going to live in the house and be hostess to the Earl, there would certainly be no room for her.
Perhaps Lady Olga was going to marry the Earl and if she did they would very certainly not want an unattached woman in The Hall, nor for that matter on the estate.
‘Then I shall have to go away,’ Devona thought forlornly.
With difficulty she forced herself to listen to what Sir Erwell was saying.
“I want you to let me take you to London,” he said, “and let me introduce you to a number of charming people who will be delighted to entertain you.”
“I am not going – to London,” Devona replied in a low voice. “I want to stay here in the country where I have – alway
