“And the Duke, you say, spoke much with him?”
“Repeatedly.”
“They talked of politics?”
“We talked of everything.”
“And in terms of agreement too?”
“Not about artichokes. Carew likes them in oil,—we always prefer butter.”
“That is a most important difference of opinion,” said Tony, with a sneer.
“We thought nothing of it,” said the other, with an air of dignity; “for shortly after, we accepted an invitation to go down to Castle Carew for a week.”
“To spend a week at Castle Carew?”
“A half state visit.”