Chapter FourNerissa awoke early as she always did and took a minute or two to realise where she was.
Then, with an irrepressible feeling of excitement, she remembered that she had arranged with Harry last night that they would go riding very early in the morning.
He had taken her to one side and told her,
“The Duke has said that any time I want a horse I only have to go to the stables and ask for one. Why do you not ride with me early tomorrow morning before everybody else gets worked up about the Horse Show?”
Nerissa’s eyes lit up.
“Can we really do that?” she had asked.
“There is nothing to stop us,” Harry had answered, “unless you oversleep.”
“I shall certainly not do that if there is a chance of riding,” Nerissa had replied.
She was glad that she was able to retire to bed early
