He fully understood that Walter was thinking how exciting it was to be given the type of job at which he always excelled.
He noticed a newspaper was lying on the chair that Walter had just left. He must have bought it in London.
Charles picked it up, saw it was The Morning Post and opened it.
On the second page he saw his own name in a small paragraph which Walter could easily have overlooked.
It read,
“Death of the Earl of Lyndonmore,
We deeply regret to report the news that the Earl of Lyndonmore has suffered a fatal accident when out riding yesterday.
His young horse was frightened by a wild dog and bolted into a wood.
The Earl found it impossible to control the animal and when the horse plunged into some trees a bough struck him on the forehead and swept him onto the ground.
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