CHAPTER FOURHelsa was woken abruptly by the maid coming in to pull back her curtains.
She turned over and stretched as the maid piped up,
“There be complete pandemonium downstairs, Mr. Robinson’ll tell you about it, miss.”
She was gone before Helsa could reply.
She jumped out of bed quickly wondering just what could have happened.
It was very important that today of all days things should run smoothly when they ran the steeplechase.
She was dressed and had brushed her hair when she heard Robinson come into the nursery with her breakfast and she guessed that he had something urgent to tell her.
She walked from her bedroom into the nursery and asked,
“What has happened, Robinson?”
“A real mess it is, Miss Helsa. It’s something that would never have happened in his Lordship’s time.”
