As soon as everybody had received their prizes and the guests from outside had returned home, Kezia went slowly upstairs to lie down on her bed.
She was almost asleep when the door opened and Perry came in.
He crossed the room to sit down on the side of the bed facing her.
“I want to talk to you,” he began.
“I am so glad you won that big prize, Perry, and you rode quite brilliantly.”
“It is all due to Lissette and that is what I want to talk to you about.”
“You told me that she wanted to visit England,” Kezia mentioned.
There was silence between them.
Then Perry said bluntly,
“I think I have fallen in love!”
Kezia’s eyes opened wide and she sat up in the bed.
“Fallen in love? Oh, Perry – is it possible – so quickly?”
Even as she spoke, she at once knew the answer to her questio
