Chapter twoThe Earl walked towards Dorina and held out his hand.
“How do you do, Miss Stanfield.”
To his surprise she ignored his hand, but dropped him a small curtsey before she said,
“I have called to see you, my Lord, on a very important matter.”
The way she accentuated the word ‘important’ made the Earl raise his eyebrows, but he merely suggested,
“Will you sit down and tell me what this is about?”
For a moment he thought that she was going to refuse. Then she walked to an upright chair which seemed somewhat austere amongst the more comfortable ones and sat down on the edge of it.
Her back was straight, her hands in her lap and her eyes were filled with an expression that he knew he had never seen on any woman’s face before when she was looking at him.
There was a short pause u
