CHAPTER FIVETasia learned that the Earl was expected to return in time for dinner, so she told Mr. Seymour that the boys had to wear proper evening clothes.
“Do you really think it’s necessary, Miss Wicke?”
“I think it is so important for them to realise that if they are going to dine with their father, it is a very special occasion. Just as he will change, they must do the same.”
Mr. Seymour did not argue. He merely directed her to a shop in Regent Street where she could fit out the boys.
They looked extremely smart in their long trousers and white shirts – and she insisted on double cuffs so that they were wearing cufflinks for the first time.
As they dressed before dinner, she begged them to grease their hair and to make sure their hands were clean.
They had a bath every day, bu
