The Velvet Spur Author:Jane Arbor The last request that Maria's mother had made was that she should travel to Corsica to meet the aunt she had never seen. Maria had often wondered why her mother had never spoken of the home and family that she had left when she had married an Englishman. — Gian Laurent and his brother Orso might be able to explain the mystery to her. But why ... more »did her aunt so strongly disapprove of them?"« less