Chapter Seventeen
“Children are a damned nuisance. Have any?” Lord Gorling asked conversationally as they strolled away.
“No, I never did.” It wasn’t for lack of trying, certainly, Alys added silently to herself.
“Didn’t miss anything, I can assure you.”
“How many children do you have?” Alys asked.
“Oh, er, five? Yes, five.”
Alys gave a little laugh. “You don’t sound very certain of that.”
“It’s just been a while since I gave any thought to them, you know,” he said with a laugh. “Let’s see now, there’s George, he’s the eldest and my heir naturally. Then there were three girls, Mary, Charlotte, and Ann—my wife named them all. And then there was Henry. He was rather an afterthought but good to have. A spare, you know.”
“And they are all married, I presume?” Alys asked.
“Oh, yes, yes
