He knew how worried his father would have been and he would certainly have objected to his marrying Lord Frazer’s daughter however temptingly he was bribed to do so.
‘But what else can I do?’ he asked himself as he drove away from Watton Hall.
He recognised that he had been forced into complete submission by Lord Frazer and it was something that he would no doubt deeply regret for the rest of his life.
He had two more days of freedom, two days in which he had the chance, if he was brave enough to take it, to tell Lord Frazer that he would manage without him and his money.
But, as he entered the village, he saw the first thatched roof that was in very bad repair and was obviously letting in the rain.
He knew then that he had to steel himself.
“Go to The Fox and Geese,” he said to Wick
