Chapter SevenThe Earl rose early despite the fact that he had gone to bed very late after his ball.
As he dressed, he decided that he would go to Wroxley Priory. He summoned his secretary and gave him instructions to send a groom ahead to prepare the household.
“I have a letter here,” the Earl continued, “for Mademoiselle Desirée Lafette. Will you take it to her personally and hand her over the deeds of the house.”
The secretary looked surprised and said tentatively,
“You will remember, my Lord, we had some difficulty in finding a house to purchase in that particular locality.”
“I will not be needing it again,” the Earl replied briefly.
“Very good, my Lord.”
There were various other matters to be seen to and, just as the Earl had finished dealing with them, a note arrived from Carlt
