CHAPTER SEVENThe rooms inside The Castle were as beautiful as Julia had expected them to be.
As her father owned such fine furniture and pictures, she could recognise the work of famous artists as soon as she saw them.
And she was seldom wrong in pricing antique furniture especially when much came from France.
As they went from room to room, the Duke explained to her what each one was normally used for and Julia recognised most of the different contents.
Equally she was aware that the Duke had studied, as she had, the differing developments of painters and craftsmen over the centuries.
Finally, they came to a sitting room where an old lady with white hair was reclining on a sofa.
“Don’t move, Aunt Elsie,” the Duke suggested. “I have brought someone to meet you, who is as appreciativ
