He could understand that they were the only two creatures that she had to love.
After her mother died, she had been left alone with her father and he hoped now that her horse and her dog were at The Castle they would help her get over her fear of him.
He could not think why she was so frightened and sooner or later he would have to find out the real reason for it.
‘It is that ghastly father of hers,’ he thought and found it difficult to believe that any man could behave as Lord Frazer had done to his daughter.
Because he thought that Ansella would be overtired, he insisted that Firefly be taken off to the stables.
She very reluctantly let Firefly go and the Earl suggested,
“When he has settled down in what I promise you will be a comfortable stall, you will be able to go and say ‘goo
