There was a paragraph about Queen Victoria and a long description of a drawing room event that had taken place at Buckingham Palace and the names of the debutantes who had been presented were listed.
Michael turned over a page and opposite the Court Circular he found the obituary column.
Heading it was the Duke of Grangemoore.
Michael had not thought about his grandfather for a very long time and in fact he had no idea whether he was alive or dead.
Now he had died and Michael very slowly read the report printed in the newspaper.
“It is with deep regret that we announce the death of the Fourth Duke of Grangemoore, at Grangemoore Hall in Norfolk on the 30th April.
His Grace was eighty-one last year and had been in ill health for some years.
His eldest son, the Earl of Grange died five
