A Very Unusual Wife by Barbara Cartland

Author:Barbara Cartland [Cartland, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical Romance
ISBN: 9780515080407
Google: Mu4DPAAACAAJ
Amazon: 0515080403
Publisher: Jove
Published: 1984-01-01T11:00:00+00:00

"That'd be impossible, M’Lady !" Hogson said, "an' there's several new 'orses to show ye, which I'm sure you'll think better than anything we've had before."

"That would be impossible!"

As she spoke she went into the stalls to meet the newcomers and went over their points with Hogson, one by one.

Then she told him she had to go to the gardens and went off to find the Head Gardener.

He too was a man she knew well from past visits, and he supposed she had come to see how the orchids with which he was intending to decorate the Ballroom were progressing.

"They'll be in flower at exactly the right moment, M’Lady !" he said proudly.

"How would they dare do anything else!" Elmina smiled.

Then she said:

"I need your advice, and it is very important."

Lester, for that was his name, listened attentively as she explained to him that her bridal gown was different from anybody else's and it would completely ruin the effect if she had to carry the traditional bouquet of carnations and lilies.

Lester was one of the leading gardeners in the country, and the Marquis had in fact persuaded him to leave Kew Gardens to come and fill his own greenhouses with exotic flowers.

He understood exactly what anima wanted, and found her what was an orchid, but a very strange one.

Its petals, although white, had an almost translucent look about them and were faintly speckled with green that might have resembled the sunshine on a clear stream.

As soon as she saw them Elmina realised that they were exactly what she had seen in the picture she had looked inwards to see, and that the orchids in some way resembled her eyes.

"We've got just enough of them, M’Lady , for a small bouquet," Lester said, "and if you're carrying them, it'll be a surprise to His Lordship, because this is the fast year they've bloomed."

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