CHAPTER TWOWhen Aspasia had left Jerry and was riding through the woods alone she began to feel nervous.
Because she was so determined to get her own way and try to persuade the Duchess to be merciful, she had not told her brother of her fears and had tried to keep him from realising that she was in fact very frightened.
However, because as twins they were so closely attuned to each other, Jerry, although he was not in other respects very perceptive, said when they had pulled their horses to a standstill outside the wood,
“Change your mind, dearest. I know it is a mistake for you to walk into the lion’s den. We will manage somehow.”
“On what?” Aspasia enquired.
There was silence and she knew that even Jerry, who was always carefree and optimistic, was thinking how very little money th
