The Earl laughed.
“At least we are not going away as far as that,” he said, “and Lupita is delighted that you are accompanying us.”
“I am overwhelmed at your doing so,” Lupita interposed, “and it will be very exciting, ma’am, to show you round Wood Hall and which has been the happy home of so many of my ancestors”
“I am so looking forward to seeing your home,” the Dowager Countess answered.
The Earl helped first his grandmother into the carriage and then Lupita.
He and Jerry sat on the small seat with their backs to the horses.
The Earl’s valet and the Dowager Countess’s lady’s maid followed in another carriage with the luggage.
Then they reached Paddington Station.
Here Lupita and Jerry were thrilled to find that the Earl’s private coach was attached to the train that they would b
