“And if it is not?”
“Then you can take a trip to the Mediterranean or any other place that takes your fancy.”
“I can only say that I am thrilled, my Lord,” Jerry exclaimed. “If there is one thing I have always wanted to do, it is to go to sea in a private yacht!”
“All you have to do is to get safely to Dover,” the Marquis said. “I suggest now that you go and change. My valet will have the right clothes waiting for you.”
Jerry rose to his feet.
“I just don’t know how to thank you, my Lord.”
“You can thank me by keeping alive,” the Marquis said, “until I have proved your claim in the House of Lords.”
Aspasia made a little sound of delight.
Jerry looked at her and then with an obvious but unspoken question at the Marquis.
“You can leave your sister with me,” the Marquis assured him.
