“Take him as far as you can up to the gateway onto the Parthenon,” he instructed the driver of the carriage.
“Be careful and come back safely,” the King said to the Duke “and if you wear yourself out or have a fall, we can always send a stretcher for you!”
“I promise you that will not be necessary, sir!” The Duke stepped into the carriage and, as the King waved him goodbye, the horses set off down the hill.
*
The Duke was thinking that so far everything had gone according to plan and he was delighted with the way the King had co-operated in finding the right method for him to deliver the statue to the Island of Delos.
He was sure that he and Jenkins could manage to row it ashore and in the darkness they could set it in the cave without anyone spying on them.
He might have to ask Capt
