[quote=""Michy""]IBut the very best one so far was when the heavily-lisping Lord Grey said in exasperation, "Ith there no word in the Englith language wanting an Eth?" Which, after reading a entire page of his "th"-laden speech, is exactly what I was thinking! (which was obviously Dunnett's point!)
[/quote] I'm now about mid-way through the book; Lord Grey has made another appearance and this time he's not lisping at all - ??

I checked the list of characters in the front just to make sure there aren't somehow two personages named Grey, but no, there's only one.
So what's up with the change in his speech? Dunnett doesn't seem like the type to make errors, so does this "mean" something?