The King Without a Heart

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Author: Barbara Cartland
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her taking with her and her uncle had looked at them critically and said he considered it was a tremendous waste of money.
    â€œI should have thought your nurse could have made a dress for you,” he remarked sharply.
    â€œNanny has always made the ordinary dresses I wear every day,” answered Titania, “and of course my petticoats and blouses. But she thought I ought to take some gowns for an important occasion which I might have to attend with Sophie.”
    â€œI imagine that is most unlikely,” said the Duke coldly, “although of course one never knows how foreigners will behave.”
    He spoke to her scornfully and it was with difficulty that Titania stopped herself from saying that her father had many friends who were foreigners.
    She fervently hoped that she would make some friends in Velidos and she recognised that her uncle was determined to make her keep to the lowly position he had consigned her to because of her inferior breeding.
    Grudgingly the Duke initialled the bills that Titania had presented him with and this meant they would be paid by his secretary. Then Titania said,
    â€œI shall, Uncle Edward, need some ready money if I am going to Velidos.”
    â€œWhatever for?” asked the Duke.
    â€œI may have to buy some necessities there, I may have to tip some of the servants and I might wish to give a present to people who are kind to me.”
    â€œI should have thought that was quite unnecessary,” exclaimed the Duke sternly. “How much do you require?”
    Titania thought for a moment.
    â€œI would like to have a thousand pounds paid into a bank account in Velidos. Or if you think that is too much then at least five hundred pounds.”
    The Duke thumped his clenched fist down on the desk.
    â€œI have never known such nonsense!” he fumed. “No woman of your age should want so much money to spend on trinkets. You will be fed and housed and it is quite unnecessary for you to spend money that should be kept as a nest egg for your old age.”
    Titania drew in her breath before responding very quietly,
    â€œIt is my money, Uncle Edward, and I absolutely refuse to go to Velidos without a penny to my name and have to beg from strangers if I require anything that I have not brought with me.”
    Her uncle glared at her.
    â€œYou may think it is your money because your father left it to you, but who gave it to your father in the first place? I did, because I am Head of the family, and you know, or you should know, that in aristocratic families like ours the Head holds the purse-strings and allows what he thinks right to those members of his family he looks after.”
    Titania realised this to be true.
    She had often thought her uncle was very unfair when he came into the title to make a smaller allowance to her father than he had formerly received from his own father.
    Lord Rupert however had just shrugged his shoulders and said,
    â€œMy brother, Edward, has always been cheese-paring ever since he was a small boy. I am only astonished that he allows me anything and I am certainly not going to go down on my knees to ask for more.”
    He had not been short of money even with the Duke’s meanness, as Titania’s mother had fortunately been left quite a considerable sum by her godmother.
    Her father had not been a rich man, although by Scottish standards he was well off.
    Titania wondered now whether she should get in touch with her Scottish relations – perhaps they would have her to stay with them and save her from going to Velidos, but then she recognised that there would be a furious row if she ever suggested such an idea.
    Instead she pleaded quietly,
    â€œPlease, Uncle Edward, let me have five hundred pounds to put into a bank in Velidos. I promise that I will spend as little as possible. I just want to feel safe in a foreign country.”
    Grumbling beneath his breath, the Duke finally agreed and when Titania left him, she
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