but now a more immediate, because a more legitimate and English, danger menaced these jealously guarded possessions. Miladi, so gentle, so vague, so detached, could never be trusted to look after herself or her belongings. Genoux was by nature a watchdog. ‘Miladi se souviendra au moins que les bagues lui ont été très spécialement données par ce pauvre milord?’ Lady Slane looked down at her hands. They were, as the
