CHAPTER TWOThe Marquis woke as his valet was pulling back the curtains.
He had slept deeply and dreamlessly.
It took a little time to remember that he had a busy day ahead of him.
Gilbert, his valet, came to his side.
“It’s nine o’clock, my Lord.”
The Marquis stared at him in surprise.
“Nine o’clock!” he exclaimed. “Why have I been called so late?”
“I did look in earlier, my Lord, but your Lordship were fast asleep. As you was late coming in and have no engagements for this morning, I thinks it’d do you good to rest for a bit!”
The Marquis smiled where another man might have raged.
Gilbert had been with him ever since he left Oxford and had travelled with him around the world. He always seemed to behave rather like a nanny who was determined not to let her charge get into any t
