“A very pretty speech,” the Colonel said mockingly, “and now, I will leave you and your very attractive nurse to finish your breakfast.”
He rose to his feet.
Then looking at Giselda, he said,
“I am anticipating that one day Giselda will play a part in one of my productions and when that happens you must certainly be in the stage box.”
The Earl looked at him in astonishment, but, before he could say anything, the Colonel had left the room and they heard his voice speaking loudly to one of the servants in the passage outside.
“What the devil did he mean by that?” the Earl enquired.
Giselda looked embarrassed.
“The other night – at the opening of the Assembly Rooms – he suggested that as I had – acted this part so – well, I might like to act for him in the future.”
It was difficult to
