“And now to tell the
others.” Jason sighed. “It’s going to be hard. Like coming out. Because I’ve been lying to them.”
“No you haven’t!” Eleanor
was indignant. “You don’t have to tell
people everything about yourself! You’re
entitled to private things. And if you
set aside your money because you wanted it to not be significant in your life,
then, why should you tell them about
it?”
“Well, I did say, when I told
them about Brent, that I was rich and that was part of what … so they do know
that. But the title … and all that
family history, going back nine hundred years.
It’s … too much.”
“Well, I’ve always thought
that business of assessing a family just by its male members was silly. What about all the ordinary women who married
into the family? There must have been
some. I mean, when you go back far
enough, all of us have hundreds of ancestors. You’ve probably got a few
peasants in your ancestry! But don’t ignore the power of a title in
Australia. You will be newsworthy. And some people will be hostile, just because
you have a title. You should be able to
use it to get publicity, to persuade people to give your home money. Anyway, I don’t think they’ll care. It’s …” she coloured slightly and looked away,
‘it’s not as if they don’t know you, um, intimately.”
It was Jason’s turn to
blush. He cleared his throat.
Lucasta said, “Well, my
dear, certainly I have some quite ordinary people in my family tree like the
wife of my grandfather who was a dancer from Paris so useful to be able to
dance I loved it with your grandfather and that was partly why I learned French
you know which I love and I remember her quite well such a pretty elegant woman
with a charming accent she used to call me darleeeng when I was little and tell
me fairy tales in French but I think there were many who cut her and
grandfather because of who she was so cruel and stupid really. And here I am your grandmother and so proud of
you my dear.”
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