Mr. Farley merely smiled and looked at her fondly.
Surprisingly, even to herself, Rowena did not miss the glamour or the thrill of being the debutante of the year. She had always loved the country, and now she had the added delight of fine horses to ride, for her father had filled his stables with splendid beasts.
Near to the stables, there was a flat piece of land where he had ordered jumps to be built. Rowena found it thrilling to take her horse over them one by one.
Although at first she was rather afraid of falling, she soon learnt to jump as well as she could ride and enjoyed every moment of it.
The only thing to spoil her pleasure was that she couldn’t go as fast as she would like. Burdit, her groom was a severe person, always reminding her of what ‘the Colonel said.’ And Mr. Far
