CHAPTER FIVEIt transpired that the Duke, if anything, had under-estimated the interest that his engagement would create.
His relatives, some of whom he had not seen for years, turned up to congratulate him.
Others wrote him long letters that he had to answer as to why, where and who he had found to marry.
After having written out one, he copied the others as they were exactly the same, although he hoped that they would not compare them.
As he had anticipated quite a number of those who called themselves his greatest friends arrived from London to congratulate him, but really because they were intrigued.
Devinia, with the deft help of Mrs. Shepherd, was wearing a most alluring and extremely pretty dress.
She also arranged her hair so that she wore flowers of the same colour as her dre
