Chapter FiveIt was three o’clock in the afternoon by the time the Earl had everything settled to his satisfaction and his orders had reached every department at the Hall.
He and Eddie rode back to the Dower House followed by a carriage drawn by two outstanding horses to carry the Countess and Cledra and a brake for the luggage and the servants.
The Earl had given instructions before he left that Mrs. Dorkins was to come to The Hall to look after Cledra.
He had no wish for his own servants to see the condition of her back and he knew that Hannah would not gossip or tell anybody what had happened to her.
Yates had already told him that Hannah had informed the servants at the Dower House that Cledra had suffered from an accident and the Earl thought that this was a very acceptable explana
