The private carriage carrying Arthur and Disraeli departed from Kensington Palace. The driver first took Arthur back to the residence at Lancaster Gate to retrieve the luggage for this short hunting trip from the hands of the maid Betty. Then the carriage left the city via Westminster Bridge, passed through Clapham, Wimbledon, Epsom, and gradually entered the undulating hills of the Surrey border, before continuing into Hampshire.
Compared to London, the air in Hampshire seemed as if it had been washed with water, carrying a faint fragrance of grass and wet leaves. Even in the late autumn of November, it lacked the suffocating smell of coal smoke and iron found in the capital.
By the end of November, the countryside in the south of England was always busier than usual.
Every now and then, Arthur could see several ornate carriages passing by on the road.
