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Chapter 1

Dinner had been wonderful – twelve around a glea rooht-flecked carpet of Central Park, the cooking by the chef of a famous restaurant a few blocks away, the wines from the host’s superb cellar, and the company carefully chosen by a couple who could cast a wide net A them

As they moved from the table into the library next door for coffee and brandy, Amanda reflected that her presence there was as h she could certainly hold her own in any coeous companion, a captain of industry and his doife, and a for them – Amanda alone possessed the power to tell the world just who her hosts had attracted to their table, so the couple wanted very badly for the world to know It was vulgar to drop naossip colu for them

Lord Wight, the for a keen interest in Areat deal ht, however, she had other plans, other co in her crotch

“I chose

“Oh, yes, the Isle of Wight,” A his serve “I believe the town of Cowes there is the capital of British yachting” Point made

“The capital of European yachting,” his lordship replied

“And that’s where you sail your little yacht?”

“Actually, it’s quite a large yacht,” Wight replied testily “And I don’t just sail it, I race it”

“Tell ht,” Ah of a fortune to buy a large yacht during a lifetime of public service?”

“Fortunately,softly, “inof a fortune is not incoeable friends who advise one on how to invest one’s money”

Amanda winked at him “One understands,” she said