Mr. Falkirk on the other hand did full justice to the menu, which he assured Tara was very much better than they would find in some of the other inns where they would stay on the way to Scotland.
He also drank a bottle of expensive claret, but he did not offer Tara any.
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They set off again early the next morning and, although she was very quiet at first because she had no desire to be obtrusive or in any way a nuisance to him, Mr. Falkirk soon
He found it rather fascinating to find himself seeing the countryside through the eyes of a girl who for nearly eighteen years had been virtually imprisoned in one building with little or no contact with the world outside.
As they journeyed on, he was surprised not only by Tara’s intelligence but also that, through the reading she had done and
