“I cannot think what has happened to your carriage, Ralph,” said Lord Lainden to the Duke.
“They might have had some trouble in leading one of my horses into the shafts,” commented the Duke. “We are trying out a new horse tonight which we have never driven before and he seemed a bit obstreperous.”
“What he wants,” Jason piped up, “is to be firmly handled. I have always thought that Grayer is too lenient with your horses and this is just another example.”
The sharp way he spoke made Della look at him in surprise. Then she remembered that he had always been a somewhat cruel rider.
He used a whip unnecessarily and always punished a horse that did not come up to his expectations.
‘He would treat his wife in the same way,’ she mused.
The Duke’s carriage appeared at last.
Della had no wis
