Living quietly in the country she had nevertheless heard about the strange behaviour of some of the younger members of Society which would have surely shocked and disgusted her father and mother.
And now with her elbows still on the table and her small pointed chin resting on her hands, she asked eagerly,
“Tell me, tell me all about it, Robbie, and of course about the Prince of Wales.”
“That is just what I am going to do. I expect you know, as I do, what a miserable time he has because he is not permitted by Queen Victoria to take any part in the affairs of the country.”
“Yes, Papa used to talk about that and it seems so extraordinary that now he is so much older she still will not let him help her.”
Looking back Wenda recalled that her father had often been voluble on how the Prince
