CHAPTER SIXThey spent the afternoon very enjoyably as planned, seeing the yearlings being trained and watching the Duke and Lord Randall winning one race each in their splendid phaetons.
When they were going upstairs to dress for dinner, Ilesa said to her father in a low voice,
“Are we leaving ‒ tomorrow?”
The Vicar shook his head.
“No,” he replied. “I had intended to do so, but plans have changed.”
Ilesa looked startled and he continued,
“The Duke has asked me to help him with the alterations he is planning for his Private Chapel here at Heron Court.”
Ilesa was listening to him and he went on,
“The Chapel was actually first built in Tudor times and then it was destroyed by the Puritans and reconstructed during the reign of Charles II.”
“It sounds fascinating,” Ilesa murmured.
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