“We thought if we put the beer on his back,” Alice explained, “it would be easier than carrying it in bags.”
He felt doubtful and anyway he thought that Firefly had enough to carry. In addition he had no wish to discuss his well-packed clothes.
Nevertheless, if he was staying at the inn, it must be easier than carrying the heavy basket, but he did not want to overload Firefly as he might rear up and if he did, the beer would all fall to the ground and be smashed.
“I will tell you what we will do,” he suggested. “I will talk to the publican and ask him if I can stay the night and then I can leave my luggage here and he can provide me with two bags to hang on either side of my horse.”
The girls agreed with this idea.
The publican said that he was delighted to have the Marquis as a gue
