A gilded cage, is still a cage. I wonder if he will be allowed to send a letter (vetted of course) to Caroline. I wonder now that Talleyrand has extracted his pound of flesh (5,000 lbs) from George, if he will not try to expedite his return trip home ASAP. Not I hope, before he is able to meet up with his lost duckling (Lt Eastwyck) whom he doesn't even know was captured, let alone somewhere here in France. You do have a way of doing that Mark (yes you do). A great chapter, thank you.