Rakehell's Widow (1984)
“Stoneleigh Park, the Seaham ancestral home, was only three miles from Windsor and was therefore admirably placed for London, and Ascot. The ruins of an old abbey made a splendid setting for the magnificent new house straddling the low, south-facing hillside, and the park swept down from the grand terrace to the shallow valley where the lake sparkled in the June sun. In the center of the lake was the island where Charles Allister’s masque would be performed in the pavilion and where the guests would repose beneath the trees on yellow velvet cushions. There were arbors of flowers and filmy silk draperies which fluttered gently in the light breeze, and music was provided by the orchestra on the golden barge anchored a little way from the island. The strains of Handel’s Water Music drifted over the water and provided the perfect accompaniment for the occasion.
The elongated flight of steps descending from the house’s grand terrace was adorned with tall white poles holding colorful banners.
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