“I would not be surprised. Apparently he was killed in a duel in Paris and you know those duels always take place because someone has been making a fool of himself in some way or another.”
“Is that how Charles died?” William asked.
“Yes, and leaving huge debts. His sister, who is a very pretty girl, is having to raise money to pay off his creditors, which includes selling their house and everything in it.”
“Good heavens!” William exclaimed. “So Charles must have been behaving worse than usual. I remember he was a reckless gambler as he grew older and I used to see him at White’s playing at the tables. Now I think about it, I remember someone telling me that he had lost a large amount of money racing.”
“So this wretched girl has to sell everything that they possess,” the Duke said. “But
