Chapter FourViscount Palmerston looked up from his desk as the Earl came into the room.
“Good morning, Lorimer,” he greeted him, “I understand that you have heard from Lord Waterford that the Marquis wishes to come straight here.”
“He wishes to see you,” the Earl replied, “and he is very determined to make himself of importance.”
The Viscount laughed.
“Are you already using your perception,” he enquired, “for which, I may say, I have the highest regard.”
“I hope so,” the Earl smiled, “but, of course, I may well be wrong. He may be a real ally and not just trying to impress us.”
“The information that we received from him last month was in fact of considerable use to the Duke of Wellington,” the Viscount Palmerston pointed out.
“There was not much of it,” the Earl remarked somewhat sc
