“His position?” Percy Beaumont repeated.
“His rank, or whatever you call it. Unfortunately we haven’t got a peerage, like the people in Thackeray.”
“That’s a great pity,” said Beaumont. “You would find it all set forth there so much better than I can do it.”
“He is a peer, then?”
“Oh, yes, he is a peer.”
“And has he any other title than Lord Lambeth?”
“His title is the Marquis of Lambeth,” said Beaumont; and then he was silent. Bessie Alden appeared to be looking at him with interest. “He is the son of the Duke of Bayswater,” he added presently.
“The eldest son?”
“The only son.”
“And are his parents living?”