Christmas Nights
“They were alone in the great hall, having just finished their dinner, and Ionanthe’s face was flushed with delight and the hope that Max really shared her belief that changes needed to be made, allowing the children of the island to receive the educational opportunities they were currently denied.
‘There will be opposition, I know,’ Max allowed.
‘A great deal of opposition,’ Ionanthe agreed.
She paused. The French diplomat’s comment about the licensing of coal mining was a spectre she desperately wanted to banish.
‘What you’re planning will be very expensive,’ she began hesitantly. ‘You will need to increase the island’s revenue to the Crown.’ ‘I have several plans in mind for that,’ Max told her. Should he bring up the subject of the mineral reserves on her land? He wanted to do so. The realisation that she shared at least one of his plans, and the sense of being at one with her that had created over dinner, made him want to be open and honest with her. But now was perhaps not the ti...me for a further potentially lengthy discussion.MoreLess
‘There will be opposition, I know,’ Max allowed.
‘A great deal of opposition,’ Ionanthe agreed.
She paused. The French diplomat’s comment about the licensing of coal mining was a spectre she desperately wanted to banish.
‘What you’re planning will be very expensive,’ she began hesitantly. ‘You will need to increase the island’s revenue to the Crown.’ ‘I have several plans in mind for that,’ Max told her. Should he bring up the subject of the mineral reserves on her land? He wanted to do so. The realisation that she shared at least one of his plans, and the sense of being at one with her that had created over dinner, made him want to be open and honest with her. But now was perhaps not the ti...me for a further potentially lengthy discussion.MoreLess
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