In the meantime I rather thinks he had discussed it all with the Chief Constable, who’s been here several times and I guess, although I don’t know, he’s had nothing to tell him.”
The Earl gave a sigh of relief before he read on,
“After a fortnight had gone by, His Grace were forced to go to Windsor Castle.
I understands he told the Queen you’d gone abroad unexpected-like and therefore he couldn’t do a thing about bringing you to Windsor Castle till you comes back.”
The Earl smiled when he read this.
Then he turned over the page to see that Nanny had continued,
“Mr. Barker has been told by Mr. Wilkins that Princess Gilberta be quite a pretty girl and not so fat and heavy as you suspected her would be.”
The Earl knew that Wilkins was his father’s valet and he would have gone with him
