“Of course I am coming to the mill!” the Viscount replied quickly. “I am convinced that Sergeant Jenkins will win his boxing match and I intend to put my money on him.”
Freddy looked from the Viscount to Jemima.
“What about her Ladyship?”
“Oh, please, could I come too?” Jemima asked. “I would love to see a mill. In fact I have always wanted to see one.”
“Ladies never attend mills,” the Viscount replied.
“But I am not – ” Jemima began and then said hastily, “but I suppose I am now. I find it hard to – remember.”
“It would certainly be a mistake,” Freddy said when the Viscount did not speak, “to appear in public for the first time at a mill.”
He looked at the Viscount as he added,
“You must be aware, Valient, that everybody will be agog to see your wife. I imagine by this time the pl
