Chapter SevenAfter Nerissa had gone to bed, the Duke went back to the party in the ballroom.
He then proceeded to manage with great tact to persuade the neighbours, who had been invited, to leave fairly early, although they were not aware that he was doing so.
When there was only the house party left, he told the band to play God Save the King, which meant that the party really was over.
“It’s too early, Talbot,” Delphine protested.
“I have many more excitements planned for you tomorrow and, as there is still another evening before you leave me, I would not wish you to be overtired.”
She accepted this with a shrug of her shoulders and a pout of her lips and, linking her arm through his, said beguilingly,
“All I want is to be with you, but we have not seen very much of each other thes
