“I cannot promise that that will not happen,” the Duke answered, “but at least he shall not trouble you in this house. If you meet in anyone else’s, do not go into the garden with him!”
Andrina blushed.
“It was unnecessary for you to add – that, Your Grace.”
“You have a habit of being forgetful in such matters,” the Duke replied.
She would have left him, but then she remembered that she had wished to see him about Sharon.
“I think, Your Grace,” she said, “I should inform you that 1 am not pleased at the manner in which Count Ivan Birkendorff is pursuing Sharon. I do not consider him to be suitable as a husband and I should be grateful if you would persuade him to interest himself elsewhere.”
“Has Sharon asked you to speak to me about this?” the Duke enquired.
“No, of course not,” An
