Consequences of the Theft
X. Did you grow up at the
Valade estates? You were born a Valade, I take it, even though your father is
English. Flowers, theatre boxes, carriages, the “open sesame” to the whole world of
pleasure. Moving swiftly to the end of the corridor, he pushed
open a door at random and entered a large room, which looked to have been a
saloon, judging from the faded gilt and crimson wall-paper, a mirror above the
fireplace which was surrounded by an ornate gilded frame, now sadly tarnished,
and a worn Chippendale sofa with striped upholstery and tasselled cushions. Their expression was so amiable, that it
would have redeemed a countenance a thousand times plainer than hers. The man pulled up his horse grumbling, and turned round. Jests are not for seasons like this. But of course the
money will not be refunded. “John,” she said, “I can spare you that question. If you recall, Gianfrancesco’s second cousin had
been ransomed by a family they had feuded with for
hundreds of years.
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