“Yes, he certainly does,” Lupita answered.
She kissed her brother goodnight and then went downstairs again.
By this time both the Earl and Rufus Lang were in the drawing room with the Dowager Countess.
“Is your brother pleased to be home?” the Earl asked Lupita as she joined them.
“He is determined to race you tomorrow on Morning Star,” Lupita replied, “but he says that you will have to give him a very big start!”
The Earl laughed.
“Of course I will do that, but it seems to be rather a large horse for such a small boy.”
“That is what I said,” Lupita agreed, “but Morning Star is such a well-trained horse that I am sure that Jerry will come to no harm on him.”
“If he is becoming as good a rider as his father,” the Earl answered, “I don’t think that you need worry.”
Lupita smiled at
