The Duke Is Deceived

What I want,’ she told the glittering snow, ‘is the real love that I believe exists beyond the horizon and of which I spy just a glimmer when I gaze at you.’

As it happened the Duke was in his library when the butler brought him the envelope and handed it to him on a gold salver.

“What is this?” he asked sharply.

“A carriage has just arrived, Your Grace, and in it a middle-aged man who asked me to give Your Grace this as it’s an answer to

In fact so much so that it was one of the first attributes that people found strange and her father and mother, charming though they were, were not notable for their brains.