“Well then, where do you suggest we look?” Lord Dromont enquired.
“I think the answer is anywhere except where we are at this very moment,” the Marquis replied. “But only of course if you are serious in thinking that to have an heir you have to take a wife.”
He knew only too well as the only son the title of his family he was so proud of would have to be carried on.
There was also a great house and a great estate that had belonged to the Milvertons for hundreds of years and each generation spent money on it and made it even finer.
However much they might say they found married ladies desirable, each and every one of them sitting round him at this moment knew where their duty lay.
They all had eventually to find a wife and create a home where their children could be brought up.
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