CHAPTER FIVETo Michael’s surprise he was ordered to lay dinner for twelve.
As he had seen so few people since he had arrived, he could not imagine all that number of guests could be staying in the house.
However, just when dinner was nearly ready, he heard a number of footsteps coming down the stairs belonging to both men and women.
They must have been lying down – if that was the right word – during the afternoon.
He had already taken two bottles of champagne into the drawing room where they were to gather before dinner.
It was a lovely room with three huge crystal chandeliers. The furniture was French, which he guessed had been bought by one of his ancestors at the time of the French Revolution.
He walked towards the drawing room to announce dinner.
For the first time he could see
