( 'You're a very bad man, Milord Stragen.' )

( 'Younger son has a much nicer sound to it than bastard, doesn't it?' )

The upper floor was, if anything, even more extravagantly furnished than the one below. It was expensively floored with intricate parquet, and the walls were panelled with highly polished wood. Broad corridors led off towards the back of the house, and chandeliers and standing candelabra filled the spacious hall with golden light. It appeared that ( Read more... )