CHAPTER SEVEN
There were only a few men and boys wandering about at the Port.
There was not a ship in sight except for the yacht which was at the far end of the quay near the open sea.
As they dismounted from their horses, Albert said,
“I’m sure, Your Grace, there’ll be a stable of some sort for the horses here.”
The Duke knew that there was one at every Port and he nodded.
“Then we must find it.”
“I will ask one of these men,” Alnina said, knowing that Albert was unable to speak Russian.
She gave her reins to William, who was nearest to her and walked across to one of the men.
She asked him in Russian where the stable was and he pointed to a building that was a little way from them and she thanked him.
The Duke, who had been watching, saw where the man pointed and was already mo
