CHAPTER FIVEAll the way home in his elegant carriage, the Earl was thinking about Flavia. He had indeed expected Lord Linwood’s daughter to be attractive. He had heard many people talk about her mother. He had accepted the invitation to the party given in Flavia’s honour simply because the Prince of Wales would be there. He was keen to meet him as he was a great admirer of the Prince and he thought, as most people did, that he was very badly treated by his mother, the Queen. The Earl had been wondering if he should tell the Queen that many people felt she was being exceedingly unkind to her eldest son. Then he told himself it was none of his business. At any rate he would wait till he had met the Prince which would give him a better idea of whether the Queen was right or wrong. The