Women have Hearts by Barbara Cartland

Author:Barbara Cartland
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781788673907
Publisher: Barbara Cartland Ebooks ltd
Published: 2020-09-21T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Seeing the Governor-General draw Yvette to the other side of the long Reception room in a somewhat obvious fashion, Kelda knew that this was what they had been expecting.

Lord Orsett continued to talk to her as if nothing unusual was happening and so she was aware that she must concentrate on him and answer him intelligently.

She would have been far more apprehensive had she not known that in what was a risky yet clever way Rémy had sent Yvette another note.

When the Governor-General had arrived, Lord Orsett had met him at the front door and brought him into the Reception room.

He came in carrying in his hand a really magnificent bouquet of orchids that on any other occasion would have been a gift to delight the recipient.

Kelda was well aware, however, that Yvette was nervous and apprehensive as to what the evening would produce and was longing irrepressibly for some further communication from Rémy.

As the Governor-General advanced at Lord Orsett’s side, Kelda remembered that Rémy had told Yvette that somebody would give her flowers and she should handle them carefully.

She had not believed it in any way possible that he would be so daring as to hide a note in the bouquet that the Governor-General was himself presenting to the girl who he thought would be his future wife.

Then Kelda told herself that perhaps there was no other way that it was possible to carry a note secretly into Lord Orsett’s household.

She wished that she could say something to Yvette and warn her to be careful.

Then, as the Governor-General greeted Yvette and presented her with the bouquet, Kelda was alert.

“I also have a present for you, Miss Lawrence,” he said and handed her a small box tied with ribbon, which she was sure contained chocolates.

“How very kind of you to think of me, Your Excellency.”

There was a little pause while the Governor-General looked at Yvette and automatically she said,

“The flowers are lovely. I am very grateful.”

“I will put them in water,” Kelda suggested. “As they are so beautiful, we must make them last as long as possible.”

She took the bouquet from Yvette as she spoke.

“A servant can do that,” Lord Orsett chimed in.

Kelda smiled at him.

“I confess to having forgotten my handkerchief,” she said, “so I will give instructions to the maids when I go upstairs. I know Yvette will want these flowers in her bedroom.”

Before Lord Orsett could protest further, she hurried from the Reception room and ran across the hall and up the stairs to her bedroom.

As soon as she had closed the door, she searched the bouquet and found that there was a very wide ribbon holding the stems of the orchids together.

It took her a few seconds to undo it and she discovered, as she had expected, that there was a piece of paper under it also wrapped around the stems.

She hastily hid it in her drawer, picked up a handkerchief and called for one of the maids who was outside to put the flowers in water.

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