Proudly today she had shown him her first cheque for ten shillings, for ‘two paragraphs supplied and used by ‘Lady Maud’, who wrote the column ‘Doings about Town’ in The Daily Mercury.
It was while Donald was pulling together her paragraphs for the following day that he mentioned Lord Winthrop.
“He is generally good for a paragraph,” he told her.
“He is a horrible old man,” Fiona repeated. “Thank Goodness he has gone away for the week to Scotland.”
“Splendid!” Donald cried. “Why didn’t you tell me that before.”
And he wrote hastily –
“Lord Winthrop has left London for a few days for his estates in Scotland. A well-known angler and a great sportsman, he will be eagerly welcomed in the Highlands, although missed by his many acquaintances in London.
Lord Winthrop’s house in Park Lane i
