There were no modern facilities and his father, because he was quite content to have the water for his bath brought up two flights of stairs and along endless corridors by stalwart young footmen, had no idea of the inconvenience lesser mortals had to endure in order to keep clean.
The gold and silver plate used in the dining room was priceless, but the cracked crockery from which the household ate and drank was only fit for the dustbin.
The peach and orchid houses were in excellent repair, but the gardeners complained they were short of tools and the roofs of their houses leaked.
It was as if, the Duke had thought as he looked around, he was afraid to turn over a stone for fear of what he would find underneath it.
The horses must be sold, that was obvious.
The racing stable was still
