“The eldest—?”
“The only one.”
“And are his parents living?”
“Naturally—as to his father. If he weren’t living Lambeth would be a duke.”
“So that when ‘the old lord’ dies”—and the girl smiled with more simplicity than might have been expected in one so “sharp”—“he’ll become Duke of Bayswater?”
“Of course,” said their common friend. “But his father’s in excellent health.”
“And his mother?”
Percy seemed amused. “The Duchess is built to last!”
“And has he any sisters?”
“Yes, there are two.”