CHAPTER SIXJerry scrambled into the carriage with his dog.
The Earl looked back to see that the other carriage was being filled up with the servants and the luggage.
He then looked at the inside of the slightly ancient carriage in which his grandmother and Lupita were sitting and said,
“I think to be comfortable, I will now sit between two beautiful women.”
His grandmother laughed.
“I am sure that Lupita and I can make ourselves small enough so as not to crush you,” she said.
The Earl climbed in and sat down between them with a smile on his face.
There was in fact plenty of room, as it was an old-fashioned carriage.
Jerry spread himself out comfortably with Bracken beside him and remarked,
“He knows he is going home.”
Lupita tried to feel excited by the idea, but she was too appr
