10/13 Then write your letters to my Lord Walterton and Sir James Overbury. Get a serving wench from Alverstone's in the Strand, and ask the gentlemen to bring their own men, for the sake of greater safety. They'll not refuse." "Refuse ?" she said with a light laugh, "oh, no!" "To-day being Tuesday, you should have your first evening entertainment on Friday. Everything could be ready by then." "Oh, yes!" "Very well then, on Friday, I, too, will arrive in London, my dear Editha, escorted by my secretary, Master Richard Lambert, and together we will call and pay our respects at your charming house in Bath Street." "I will do my share. |