CHAPTER FIVELara and Georgina scrambled down the secondary staircase and reached the corridor that led to the music room.
There appeared to be no one about and they were just walking quickly along it, when through a door that led into a room that Lara had not yet seen, there came the Marquis.
She started because it was such a surprise and Georgina looked apprehensively at her uncle.
“Hello, Georgina!” he exclaimed. “Where are you off to?”
As the Marquis spoke, it struck Lara that this was the opportunity she had been waiting for to tell him about Georgina.
“Good evening, Miss Wade.”
He spoke dryly in the manner that was so characteristic of him.
Lara curtseyed.
“Good evening, my Lord, and unless you are very busy, I would like to have a word with you, if I may.”
The Marquis raised
