“His Grace has been kind enough,” she said at length, “to let me keep Flamingo in his stables, but I think if it was a question of a good offer from a valued client, he would not expect me to refuse to sell.”
It sounded rather a weak explanation, but she thought that Clint Wilbur accepted it.
He said nothing and when he had dismounted he remarked,
“I intend to go home now. There are certain people I have to see before I come to The Castle to see the Duke.”
The stable boys were transferring the saddle from Rajah’s back onto his own horse and Alita, lowering her voice so that they could not hear what she said, pleaded,
“You will not forget that you have never seen me before?”
“I have a retentive memory,” Clint Wilbur replied. “But, as I hope to meet you here again and certainly to chal
