Chapter SevenThe Prince of Wales was getting foxed and the Earl thought that it was not surprising considering that the Duke of Norfolk was his host.
Had the Earl known that after dinner at Carlton House the evening’s entertainment was to be provided by the Duke of Norfolk, he would not have accepted the Prince’s most pressing invitation to be present.
The Duke of Norfolk was sixteen years older than the Prince and had been a celebrated drunkard since he was a boy.
A very ill-educated man, he had, however, a native intelligence and a biting wit which made him heartily disliked by a large number of his contemporaries. But to the Prince he was an intimate friend.
The dinner at Carlton House had been a replica of innumerable dinners the Earl had attended in the last three years.
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