CHAPTER SEVENThe second day after Prince Igor was wounded was a bad one.
He was running a high temperature and the doctors were hurrying in and out every hour.
There was no question of Lavinia staying with him at night, but two doctors stayed and they also had a senior nurse, who gave orders sharply, as if she was a General over the rest of the household.
Lavinia felt that it was hopeless to sit in the house doing nothing.
She therefore persuaded her father to take her to meet the important people in every part of the City.
There was the General in charge of the Army and there were a number of Politicians whom she had not met when she had visited the Houses of Parliament.
She also insisted on meeting the top tradesmen.
“That’s something that’s never been done before!” one of the equ
