CHAPTER TWOThe Marquis decided that the second day’s shoot was not as good as the first.
The bag had been smaller and the birds not so high.
He had taken luncheon from the Hall and had it served in one of the keepers’ cottages. He considered that the food had not travelled well and the luncheon they had eaten the day before at the Rose and Crown was much better.
When they returned to the Hall, however, his guests thanked him profusely. They said they had two of the best days shooting they had enjoyed for a long time.
The Marquis was about to go upstairs to change his clothes, when as he was leaving the hall, the butler informed him,
“Her Ladyship asked me to inform you that she is in the conservatory, my Lord.”
The Marquis did not reply, but there was a frown between his eyes as he c
