Chapter TwoBy the time Angela came down the stairs, Trevor had eaten a quick meal and brought the chaise round to the front door.
She saw at once that it was an up to date and expensive one and the two horses that were pulling it were, she realised, very well-bred.
“Come on,” her brother urged her, “you have been a long time.”
Angela thought that this was rather unfair considering that no one else could have been quicker.
Old Higgins was standing in the hall and she said to him,
“I know that you and Mrs. Higgins will look after everything. I do not expect to be gone for more than two or three days.”
‘It’s nice for you to have a change, Miss Angela,” Higgins replied.
He dropped his voice a little before he added,
“Sir Trevor’s given me some money towards our wages and for food.”
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