Chapter TwoThe Duke opened wide the casement in his bedroom and stood for a long time looking out onto the night. He was thinking about himself and what Freddie had said to him.
He did not feel tired and wondered if he should go downstairs and take a walk outside. Then he thought that if he did so he might encounter the party who were occupying the private parlour and it would be wiser to stay where he was.
Two candles were the only light in his room, but they were enough to enable him to read the local paper, which he had picked up in the hall before he came upstairs.
It was full of prizes that had been won at a local show and did not concern itself with politics.
The Duke turned over the pages, saw there was nothing to interest him and decided he would undress.
He had taken off his
