“Warn him about what?” insisted Michael.
The woman looked at her husband and Michael saw that he was shaking his head.
“I had hoped,” he said, “you would help me find Michael as he is such an old friend, and I expect when he does arrive from India he will come here to you first before he goes to the country.”
“We’ve thought of that,” the woman answered, “and I says to my husband, I says, we’ll have to tell him what’s happening, otherwise if he walks in knowing nothing it’ll be a terrible shock for him.”
“And that would be a mistake for my friend,” added Michael. “From all I hear he has been very brave in India and made quite a name for himself. Now he is the Duke, he will want to make things shipshape and I expect he will open this house if he is to spend any time in London.”
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