As Flavia had seen on the night of her dinner party, the Prince was very much in love.
Yet she had heard one of the ladies when they were in the drawing room saying that she had so enjoyed a party that had taken place at Marlborough House.
“His Royal Highness always thinks of something amusing to entertain us,” she had said, “and that evening I think everyone was laughing from the moment they arrived until the moment they left.”
Flavia longed to ask if Princess Alexandra was laughing too and almost as if the lady read her thoughts, she said,
“When we were just leaving, I heard Her Royal Highness saying to Mrs. Langtry, ‘I do hope you will come again, as when you are here, His Royal Highness is always in such a great jovial mood and everyone finds the party entrancing’.”
Flavia thought
