Chapter TwoAfter he had dropped Alyna, Lord Dorrington proceeded to Carlton House.
As the horses drew up in Hertford Street outside number 36, Alyna had, as soon as the footman opened the carriage door, sped up the steps.
Then, before raising her hand to the brass knocker, she had waited for the carriage to drive away.
Alone Lord Dorrington sat back against the cushioned seat with a serious expression on his face.
He did not notice that lights in the Club windows were blazing brightly as they drove down St. James’s and that linkmen were calling carriages with lighted torches in their hands.
Nor did his Lordship see that bucks resplendent in their finery were moving from White’s to Brooks’s, from Brooks’s to Watier’s
It was indeed with quite a start that Lord Dorrington realised his h
