CHAPTER THREEAfter a while Michael remarked, trying to sound nonchalant,
“You don’t answer. I wonder why – ”
“Because it does not concern you,” came a caustic voice from the back seat.
Michael jumped.
He had forgotten about the dragon – as he thought of her – who was accompanying them.
“It is none of your business whether the young men at home are handsome,” continued Winifred.
“Winifred, dear – ” Verna protested mildly, looking back at her.
But Winifred had started and would not be stopped.
“Neither is it your business how many gentlemen there are,” she stormed, “nor, indeed, if there are any at all!”
“But I’m sure that there are plenty,” Michael added wickedly.
He was unable to resist teasing her.
“Just one quick look at Lady Verna tells me that the countryside around her hous
