He was taken to an assembly by the Governor of Cordoba, given dinner by the Captain General of Spain, who arranged transport for him to Cadiz, and was given nine letters alone for Naples by a leading Spanish courtier.

After the new party took power, the government declared a revaluation of the currency in an attempt to limit runaway inflation.

An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.

A wedding ring glinted on her finger.