"Good! So here is the thing. Valentine, is not an ordinary man like you know but he is Valentine Langdale. Do you know the Langdales?" Marjorie felt that it was important to start from the family going towards the target.
What she didn't expect was Amabel's response.
Amabel shook with shock as her mouth widened, letting out an exclaim, not concealing her greatest surprise.
"Who did you say he is?" she asked trembling, her eyes fluttering and with a glance Marjorie could tell that it wasn't the first time that Amabel had heard of this name.
She quickly held Amabel's hands to calm her and softly asked, "darling, you know him?" a foreboding feeling washing over her.
