‘They are making me feel much older,’ the Marquis thought as he saw them disappearing when the Prince of Wales led the way up the stairs.
The room which had been allotted to him was very attractive and the Marquis walked across to the window that overlooked the garden.
It was then, as he pulled back the curtain a fraction, he saw Robbie and Josafine.
They were walking hand in hand past the fountain and then they disappeared into the trees and bushes at the other end of the lawn.
For a moment the Marquis wondered where they were going and then he could just see the roof of a Wendy House peeping through the leaves.
Quite suddenly the Marquis knew it was something he would like to be doing himself.
They were to be married, as the Prince of Wales had told everyone at dinner when they dra
