It was impossible for the Marquis not to feel that he must do now what his mother wanted and make her happy before she died.
She was growing old and was not in good health.
When he had journeyed to England at the invitation of the Prince of Wales to Marlborough House, he told himself that whatever sacrifice it demanded of him, he would have to be married so that he could have a son.
At the same time, he did not make any effort to resist the wiles and blandishments of the beautiful women in the Prince’s circle, who found him so attractive.
However, a great many Englishmen strangely resented him and were very voluble when they were alone in their clubs concerning their dislike of ‘those damned foreigners’.
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