Lydia said nothing. She merely went to take off her fur coat and her thick boots.
As she did so, she wondered humbly if, in fact, the Earl found their talks together boring and stupid.
Then she told herself that, although it might seem conceited, she was certain that he was as stimulated by the subjects they discussed as she was.
Although with her father, he talked on ordinary matters, the moment they were alone it seemed as if he was as eager as she was to discuss more fundamental subjects, which she knew that Heloise would not understand.
‘He is so different from what I expected,’ she told herself again.
As the train began to move out of the Station, Lydia began counting the days when she would still be on the train with the Earl and, however disagreeable her sister might be, she kn
