The Glittering Lights (Bantam Series No. 12) - Plot & Excerpts
Even the Earl of Wilmere’s normally unrestrained laughter seemed more subdued than it had earlier.Cassandra was glad to find that she was not next to Lord Carwen.Instead she was on the right of the Duke with a middle-aged man on her right. He was engrossed in talking about the shooting prospects for the coming year with the gentleman on his right.Cassandra found herself thinking that the Duke was very quiet, and she fancied that when he was not actually speaking to her there was a frown between his eyes.She wondered if it had anything to do with the conversation that had taken place when he had come into the Drawing-Room and found her alone with Lord Carwen.She had been glad and relieved to see him, but she fancied that, as he advanced across the room, there was a grim expression on his face.“I want to speak to you, Varro,” Lord Carwen said as he reached the hearth-rug.The Duke did not answer. He merely looked at his host expectantly.“De Veet has arrived and I want you to be nice to him.”“I do not like him,”
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