And a visit to the Solicitors did nothing to reassure him.
Mr. Crosswaith was very sympathetic, but, although under a great deal of pressure from Lord Heywood, he agreed to pay the pensioners for one more month, he made it absolutely clear that he and his partners, now that his Lordship had returned, could carry the burden of the Heywood properties no longer.
There was nothing that Lord Heywood could do but thank them for their services and go from their office to Christie’s.
These auctioneers were recognised as having the most fashionable and the most reliable sales room in London.
Lord Heywood remembered they had handled the sell-up for poor George Brummell when he had been obliged to leave the country and had also disposed of Lord Byron’s effects when he left England.
A partner he
