Chapter 2Travelling towards Little Waywood in a hired carriage Iola thought that she had been very clever.
She had lain awake planning exactly how she would leave the house and everything had happened just as she had intended.
She waited upstairs until she had seen her father drive away from the front door in his dogcart, which was a vehicle he particularly fancied driving when he was on his own.
Sitting behind was Mr. Tiger, a small groom whose cockaded top hat seemed too big for him and who was actually older than he looked.
The General appreciated a good horse and the one he drove had won prizes at the local shows and they were prominently displayed in his study.
Iola watched until he turned the corner of the drive and then she ran down the stairs to find Henry the footman.
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