“Yes, it is at my château,” the Comte replied. “It is large enough to hold quite a lot more than is there already.”
There was a look in his eyes as he spoke that told Lord Lanwood without words that he knew where there were additions to his collection that he yearned for and was determined to acquire.
There was in fact an air about him that he would do anything in his desire to obtain all that he required from whatever source.
The paintings his Lordship had at The Castle by Fragonard would undoubtedly be the first that the Comte would wish to steal, because he had already seen a picture by him in the reception room.
Lord Lanwood remembered his father saying once,
“I would consider myself one of the luckiest men in Europe now I own three Fragonards to hang in The Castle. The French wil
