She did not underestimate her stepmother’s brain and it was more than possible that she would remember how fond they had been of Nanny.
It might in fact be the first place she would look if she was desperately intent on finding them.
Although Kyla was very tired, she lay awake for a long time, planning out what she must do.
*
The next morning before she left the inn Kyla asked where the stagecoach stopped on the main road.
It was a question that the people in the inn were used to hearing.
Only a few of their guests came in their own carriages or could afford a post-chaise.
She was told not only where the stagecoach stopped but also the route that it followed.
Kyla knew that it would take them within two miles of Lilliecote Castle.
They walked from the inn to the coach stop and Kyl
