CHAPTER FOURAs the private train sped towards London, the Duke thought that he had never spent a more unpleasant and uncomfortable day.
He had not expected to enjoy his wedding, at the same time he had not anticipated it would be an occasion that made him continually grit his teeth with sheer fury.
It all started the night before when a groom had driven over from Lord Farringdon’s house with a note to say that the Vandevilt plans had been changed.
Mr. Vandevilt would after all be arriving with his wife and daughter in a private train which it had been arranged would stop at the nearest halt to Lord Farringdon’s estate.
The note also informed the Duke that dinner would have to be later than had been intended since the party escorted by Lord Farringdon could not arrive until nearly nine
