They made a fuss of the horses, going over their finer points as they had often done before.
It was an hour and a half later before they were joined by Gervais and the Comte.
They were both looking excessively smart, too smart for a ride in the country, where no one would see them.
The best horses were brought out first for their inspection.
And then they set off.
They went first to the gallops that were just behind The Priory.
Charisa had to admit that Gervais looked very well on a horse and so did the Comte, but they both refused to jump the hedges into the next field.
When the Colonel and Charisa did so, they made an excuse.
Gervais claimed that he wanted to get to know his horses well before he did anything spectacular and the Comte maintained that he was not in the mood for be
