“I will tell the butler to cancel the arranged drawing room on the train,” Vilma said, “but I do think that Vernon should lie down. He still has a temperature.”
The Vicomte rose to his feet.
“You had better do as you are told, Lynworth, and there are plenty of bedrooms for you to choose from. I will send to the Ritz for your luggage.”
He walked from the room as he spoke and Vilma put her hand on the Marquis’s arm.
“Do you want us to stay?” she asked.
“Do you think that I would let you go to London without me?” he replied. “Wherever you go I am coming too.”
'There are quite a number of issues I would want to discuss with the Vicomte,” the Earl said, “so it will suit me very well to stay here for another two days.”
He rose to his feet as he spoke and then he walked slowly out of the b
