Chapter ThreeThe Earl of Meltham drove down Piccadilly the following morning before eleven o’clock.
Wroxley Priory was less than two hours’ drive from London and the Earl’s fine horseflesh travelled at a greater speed than could be achieved by ordinary horses.
He was proceeding to Carlton House where he had an appointment with the King.
For months past carpenters and joiners, painters and upholsterers had been hard at work at Westminster Abbey and Westminster Hall and the route from Carlton House to the Abbey was in the process of being decorated.
Tomorrow morning, the 19th of July, the Coronation of King George IV was to take place.
Amid the ostentatious grandeur of Carlton House, which the Earl thought was more packed with antique treasures and priceless works of art than a plum pud
