Chapter TwoThe Marquis of Windlesham arrived home late.
It was after nine o’clock before he brought his horses to a standstill outside the front door.
Hanson greeted him respectfully but with unconcealed pleasure.
As he drove over his own land, the Marquis had been thinking that he had been very remiss in not having come home before.
He had, however, been in constant demand. By the Prime Minister, the War Office and, most persistent of all, the Prince Regent himself.
It was well known that His Royal Highness liked to know about everything that was happening abroad and the Marquis had found himself spending hours at Carlton House just talking.
He was in fact most successful at entertaining the Prince Regent with his account of the Battle of Waterloo.
He also delighted His Royal Highn
