24/33 I know I have the power to cheer him. You ought indeed to be in England.' Dacier said he had thought it better to wait for later reports. 'I shall drive to Lugano this afternoon, and act on the information I get there. 'And let him know that if he wants nursing or cheerful companionship, I am at any moment ready to come.' The flattery of a beautiful young woman to wait on him would be very agreeable to Lord Dannisburgh, Dacier conceived. |