chapter fiveThe Earl awoke early and felt in need of some exercise.
He thought that only on horseback would he be able to shake off the depression that he had been suffering from for the last two days.
He went to the stables himself, selected one of his superb stallions and five minutes later he was riding towards Rotten Row.
He was mounted on the stallion that he had bought only a week before at Tattersalls salerooms before the bidding started for a large amount of sovereigns that he did not want to disclose to his friends and family.
He was feeling pleased to find that the stallion was very obstreperous and looking for a challenge.
It reared and bucked to show its independence and it took the Earl quite some time to get it under control.
There was nothing he enjoyed more than the a
