In fact there was so much controversy and delicate negotiation going on that the Duke had realised that it was utterly impossible for him to leave Paris, however important from his own point of view it was that he should deal with his problems at home.
He had comforted himself with the idea that everything would go on running as smoothly as it had when the fourth Duke was alive.
If there were problems, they could wait and he could deal with them later.
He therefore merely notified Coutts Bank that he would return as soon as possible and almost forgot that his own situation had radically changed as he coped with the hysterical French, the feverish hopes of Madame de Staël for a free France, and the unceasing demands upon him by Wellington.
There had been no more correspondence from the
