Yet he had so much charm that it would have been impossible for him not to be liked and accepted by the men as well as the women in the Social world.
He came of a good family, but he was an inveterate gambler.
Most of his more Puritanical relations looked down their noses when his name was mentioned.
This did not disturb D’Arcy Fairburn in the least as he flitted from boudoir to boudoir.
At the same time, because he was a good sportsman, he was accepted by the Jockey Club and by the members of all the most exclusive Clubs in St. James’s.
It was only to be expected, as he was a ‘Pied Piper’ where women were concerned, that Caroline, after spending the last two years almost exclusively in Yorkshire, would fall in love with him.
What was surprising was that he lost his heart completely
