History was my favourite subject at school and in my spare time I read historical novels voraciously from Heidi to the Scarlet Pimpernel and from Georgette Heyer to Agatha Christie.
She said nothing, and Sir Andrew, too, was silent, yet those two young people understood one another, as young people have a way of doing all the world over, and have done since the world began.
They seek him here, they seek him thereThose Frenchies seek him everywhereIs he in heaven or is he in hell?That demned elusive Pimpernel