Chapter ThreeTed turned his head to stare at Diona in surprise.
Then he said after a moment’s hesitation,
“Oi thinks it’s a mistake, Miss Diona. Oi sees ‘is Lordship’s at ‘ome, an’ Oi suggests ye come wi’ me to th’ farm.”
Diona shook her head.
“No, Ted, I want to go to the big house first. I somehow know it is the right thing to do.”
She could not explain why her instinct told her she would receive help from there and nowhere else, she knew only that that was what she must do if she was to save Sirius.
Then as Ted’s horse plodded slowly on she said,
“Promise me, Ted, you will tell nobody where I am. You know if Uncle Hereward gets to hear of it he will fetch me back and destroy Sirius.”
“Ye knows ye can trust Oi, Miss Diona,” Ted replied.
“Yes, of course, Ted, and I am very gratef
