I left his employ at this juncture at father’s insistence as he believed Mr Faversham to be a rogue! “John, Dorothy where are you?” Mother cried. Xxx “No Mother she is a hard hearted bitch!” I insisted. “Wife?” I enquired. I arrived at Marchington at length, and I was greeted with the barest minimum of civility by the staff, the Lord Gerald refused to see me and also the Lady Marjory but Sebastian was there with his sneering superiority, and he claimed he had power of attorney and that I could pay him the money, ha, idiot what did he take me for? I maintained my contact with my family of course, Mama despised me I was sure but Father was not displeased, although I kept my own earnings very quiet, in fact I turned them into property as quickly as I was able and indeed
