CHAPTER THREEThe Earl drew his horses to a standstill. He reflected with a feeling of growing triumph that he had made it. Just ahead of him lay the County of Cornwall and after that on to Land’s End. It had taken him a long time to reach his destination but he had succeeded. When he started off, he had little time to consider which way he should go. All he knew was that to escape his father he would aim for Land’s End and the Duke would now undoubtedly be heading to the North to look for him. The Earl was aware that Land’s End was in fact two hundred and eighty miles from London. So then deducting the sixty miles from London to Shelbourne Towers in Oxfordshire, that had left him with a considerable mileage to travel. It was an unknown part of England he had never had the chance to