“In some – cases,” she said in a hard little voice that the Earl had never heard before, “such behaviour is – indefensible.”
She rose as she spoke and walked towards the door.
“I will tell the butler that when Madame Vivienne comes you wish to see her,” she said and left the room.
The Earl stared after her in surprise.
So among all the other mysteries there was something connected with women of the type he had insinuated which upset her?
He wondered if perhaps her father had left her and her family destitute because of some ‘fancy woman’ who proved more attractive than domesticity.
Perhaps that was the solution, but if it was why should she be so very secretive about it?
It was a situation that had happened thousands of times and usually those who were left behind were resentful and
