CHAPTER SIXSir Wilfred Wymond turned to his brother,
“I hope, Aubin, you will be kind enough to give us dinner? As we have just arrived at The Castle, I very much doubt if there will be anything to eat in the place.”
“Of course you can stay for dinner,” the General replied. “I am sure that there will be enough to go round, even though it might be rather a mixed meal.”
He sent Melva to tell the cook what was happening and then she hurried back to join her cousins.
They were telling her of all the things they wanted to do in the neighbourhood and the most important one, of course, was to ride the General’s horses.
They decided that tomorrow they would go to the stables and inspect them for themselves.
“As long as you be sure to leave me Dragonfly,” Melva insisted, “I am quite prepared
