CHAPTER THREEFor the moment the Duke was too astonished to speak.
Then before he could find any words, Verena exclaimed,
“But then I should not be speaking like this to a stranger! Grandpapa always says that my tongue runs away with me, so please forget such an indiscretion.”
As she spoke, there came a whinny from behind them and the Duke turned his head to see that her horse was following them in the rear of Salamanca.
“Does your horse always follow you without being led?” he asked in surprise.
“Yes, always,” Verena replied. “I have had him since he was a foal and he would follow me into the house if I allowed him to do so. He is so obedient that if I said to him, ‘go home,’ he would leave us at once! And, if Grandpapa wants me, he only has to say, ‘Assaye, find Verena’ and he discov
