CHAPTER SIXSeated on the box of the travelling carriage, Jabina realised with interest that she could see so much better than if she was a passenger inside.
They had set off from the General’s house at eight o’clock in the morning and she felt as if she had already done several hours’ work before the trunks had finally been strapped and carried downstairs.
A multitude of small packages of articles that had been forgotten had been bundled into baskets and bags at the last moment and stowed away somewhere in the coach.
It certainly looked an impressive vehicle and one that could achieve the speed the General required of it.
From the moment Jabina and the Duke had met the General they had realised that he behaved like a despot accustomed to getting his own way in the shortest possible tim
