Chapter FourIt took the Earl four days to reach London.
When he arrived in the afternoon on Thursday, he was thoroughly bored with travelling.
He went to his house in Berkeley Square, where he was received with some surprise by his large staff.
“We didn’t know that your Lordship was a-coming back so soon!” the butler exclaimed. “You knows, my Lord, that Mr. Whitchurch is away?”
The Earl frowned.
Mr. Whitchurch was his excellent secretary, who was adept at seeing to everything in the house including his endless invitations.
He would find things difficult without him, but he had to admit in all fairness that he had told Whitchurch that he did not expect to be back for three weeks or a month.
He could understand that the secretary thought that it was a good time to take a holiday.
He
