Chapter ThreeThe Earl watched his horse win the second race with some ease and received the congratulations of his friends in the Jockey Club box.
He said ‘goodbye’ to those who had stayed with him for the Meeting and Eddie walked with him to where his phaeton was waiting,
“You are leaving unusually early, Lennox,” he remarked.
“I want to be home before it’s dark,” the Earl replied. “Look after my guests for me and I will meet you in London tomorrow. I shall not be there until late as there are one or two things I have to see to on the estate.”
He spoke in his dry, rather bored voice, but Eddie saw that there was an unusual alertness in his bearing and a glint of excitement in his eyes that he had not seen since they had fought together in India.
“I have a feeling, Lennox,” he said sl
