CHAPTER SIXGardenia decided that she disliked the Baron heartily.
She had the feeling that he was secretly amused by everything she said and she loathed the way he took her by the arm and paid her fulsome compliments with a note of insincerity in his voice.
But there was no doubt that Aunt Lily was delighted with him. Whenever he arrived she would run towards him with the eagerness of a young girl. She agreed with everything he said and kept looking at him in what Gardenia could only describe as a peculiar way.
Of course, Gardenia told herself, Aunt Lily was old and she could therefore be friendly towards a man without it appearing fast or reprehensible as it might in anyonn younger.
At the same time it did seem odd that the Baron should have so much freedom in the house. In fact this
