“I suppose it’s my fault,” he admitted, “but Robert did not seem to mind.”
“Robert is fed up with the way Dolly treats him,” Nancy replied, “but I think if you were not available she would realise on which side her bread is buttered and make herself more pleasant.”
“I certainly hope so!” the Duke exclaimed.
“At the same time,” Nancy continued, “we both know how impulsive Dolly is and I think I should be there to safeguard not only her interests but – yours.”
The Duke understood exactly what Nancy was saying.
In a fit of pique or anything else that upset her, Dolly might go so far as to demand a divorce and in the circumstances Robert might agree to give it to her.
The Duke knew that there was nothing he would dislike more than being married to Dolly with her moods, her insatiable gre
