“I will try and find out for you,” Sir Geoffrey offered. “I used to know one who married the daughter of my aunt. He must now be getting on in years and I have not heard from him for some time.”
“Find out what you can, I know my wife will be grateful and so will I.”
“I will do my best,” Sir Geoffrey promised. “And you must bring your beautiful wife to dine with me. I cannot say my house can compete with yours, but at the same time, and this always annoyed your father, it is a hundred or so years older!”
The Earl laughed.
“I remember you both arguing about it and I wondered at the time why a hundred years should matter one way or the other.”
“A man has to be proud of something and what could be better than his home?”
“You are quite right,” the Earl agreed, “and I am very proud of mine
