Chapter 6Wondering whether she had done the right thing, Iola, as she breakfasted with Lucy the next morning, could not help longing to know what had happened in the other part of the villa.
When the footman had cleared away the dishes and she was tidying Lucy’s hair, preparatory to going into the garden, Harold came into the room.
Iola was just about to say that she could not talk to him now, because she was afraid that he might say something indiscreet in front of Lucy, when she saw that once again he had a present for the little girl.
This time it was a brightly coloured rubber ball and Lucy gave a cry of delight when she saw it.
Iola was quite certain that he had bought it merely to give him an excuse to come into the nursery to talk to her, but because he was so generous, she felt
