Then they were all riding towards the new Racecourse, although Lord Edgar was not in the party.
Vina did not miss him, but the Duke did and there had been a harshness in his voice as he asked the butler,
“Is Lord Edgar not coming with us?”
“No, Your Grace, his Lordship is playing billiards.”
The Duke did not say anything, but he wondered, as he rode after the rest of the party, what Edgar was up to.
He had always been unpredictable and it seemed extraordinary that if he had made up his mind to propose to Vina Wallace he was making no effort at all to even talk to her.
Lady Wallace thought the same thing.
After tea, when there was still no sign of Lord Edgar and she was just about to suggest to Vina that she rest before dinner, she realised that she had disappeared.
“Where has my ni
