The Innocent Imposter by Barbara Cartland

Author:Barbara Cartland
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781782135609
Publisher: Barbara Cartland Ebooks Ltd
Published: 2014-06-26T00:00:00+00:00

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The rest of the day passed off successfully.

The Marquis had tentatively suggested taking the Greeks round the house in the morning.

After that they had had an early luncheon before they went for a drive over the estate.

He pointed out the beauty spots, which Ursa knew could in no way compare with the grandeur of mountain scenery of Greece.

He took them to a farm and Alexis Orestes was extremely interested in the modern implements the Marquis had introduced.

He wanted also to know how much the crops sold for.

Ursa felt that the Greek thought of everything only in terms of money, being first and foremost a businessman.

When they returned to the house where the Dowager was waiting for them, there was champagne to drink.

There were also some pâté sandwiches in case they were hungry before dinner.

The only person who did not seem to have anything much to say was Amelia.

Ursa decided, although she confessed it was unkind, that she was in fact a very dull young woman.

‘How could somebody like that possibly marry the Marquis?’ she asked herself. ‘He would not only be bored, but, considering how handsome he is, there would inevitably be other women attracted to him.’

She found herself wondering what the Marquis felt about the women he had been talked about in London.

There were also those he had met in India and other parts of the world.

As she joined the Dowager before dinner, almost as if she had read Ursa’s thoughts, Lady Brackley said,

“I notice that young Greek woman has very little to say for herself and I can only thank you a thousand times for having saved my precious Guy from a loveless marriage.”

“I was thinking the same thing,” Ursa said. “He must find someone really charming.”

“Someone like yourself, my dearest Penelope,” the Dowager said. “I was thinking only today how very fortunate Arthur is to have a wife like you. You are so clever with Mr. Orestes that I feel now he does not resent in any way the fact that Guy has escaped his clutches.”

“I am hoping that is so,” Ursa nodded, “and, of course, it is very fortunate that I can talk to him in his own language.”

“I thought it was almost a miracle,” the Dowager said. “Although I could not hear what you were saying because you were at the other end of the room, I knew that he was laughing and he no longer had that rather tight resentful note in his voice which he had immediately after he arrived and found that Guy already had a fiancée.”

Ursa thought, as she had before, that, because the Dowager was blind, she was more sensitive to people’s voices, their feelings and especially their vibrations.

“It is important,” she said aloud, “that Mr. Orestes should praise the Marquis to Her Majesty and I feel sure that is what he will do.”

“I feel the same,” the Dowager said, “and it is all due to you, dearest child.”

Ursa left the Dowager in the care of her lady’s maid and walked to her own room.

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