She went to the side door to find, as she expected, a very well-bred horse waiting for her with a groom to accompany her.
She was helped into the saddle, her full skirts arranged behind the single stirrup, then set off leading the way to the front of the house and into the Park.
The horse responded to her slightest touch and Imeldra knew that she had been given a perfectly trained animal in case she was an inexperienced rider.
As she had ridden her father’s horses at home and in many of the countries in which they had travelled, she was not afraid of the most wild or spirited animal.
Because this morning she wanted to think, it was a relief that she did not have to battle with a horse as well as with her own thoughts.
They rode through the Park and the groom told her that on the other
