Anyway, he wanted simply to ask Anthony what his feelings were when he told him his own plans.
He threw his wet towel down on the floor and started to dress.
As Hawkins had obviously expected him to go riding, he had already laid out his exquisitely cut riding clothes and a pair of highly polished boots having the wide contrasting leather band at the top which had been introduced by Beau Brummel.
The Marquis had no wish to be a dandy. At the same time, like the Prince Regent, he found that Brummers’ innovations on the Social scene were all overdue.
Brummel’s axioms on cleanliness, that a gentleman’s linen must be spotless and changed twice a day, his decree that a coat must fit without a wrinkle and a cravat high and spotless, certainly improved every man’s appearance.
The Marquis him
