Chapter ThreeAs Laetitia came into the courtyard, she saw that there was a carriage outside their house bearing the insignia of the Grand Duke.
She went through the front door and walked not into the small drawing room, which was at the front, but into the dining room at the back.
It was a very small room, separated from the drawing room by a thick curtain which could be pulled aside to make more space if there was a party.
In fact, of course, as they could never afford to give a party, the curtain was seldom drawn, but Laetitia knew that she would be able to hear if it was the Grand Duke who was with her mother.
For one terrifying moment she had thought it might be the Grand Duchess.
Because she had been so busy these past few days intriguing to help Stephanie she was always afraid t
