Chapter ThreeThe Earl rode up to them and took off his hat.
“Good morning, Miss Broughton,” he began and then he looked at Nanette.
Before Prunella could introduce her sister, Nanette exclaimed,
“You must be the new Earl! I have been so looking forward to meeting you.”
“I am flattered,” he replied, “and I have heard a great deal about you, Miss Nanette.”
Nanette gave him a mischievous glance as she said.
“None of it, I am sure, to my advantage.”
The Earl laughed.
“I hope, my Lord,” Prunella ventured, “you would not mind us using the gallops?”
“As a matter of fact,” Nanette said irrepressibly before the Earl could speak, “we thought that you would be too busy to know that we were here.”
“I always used the gallops when I was a boy and I thought it would do Caesar good to exercise h
