As he alighted, he said to his footman,
“I have left some flowers and a note in the carriage. Don’t touch them, but come back in three hours’ time.”
“Very good, Your Grace.”
The Duke was greeted by the Prince of Wales and several of his friends and a number of beautiful women who in the past had aroused his interest for a short time.
As always, the party at Marlborough House was amusing and the conversation glittered and sparkled like a jewel in a crown.
The Duke had one of his ‘old flames’ sitting beside him at dinner and almost immediately the meal started she asked him,
“Is it true, Raven, that you are a reformed character and that your horns are turning white?”
“Will it surprise you if I tell you that the answer is ‘yes’?” the Duke replied. “I have always heard that a leopard ne
