Chapter FourRichard and Nathlia walked away from the stables together towards the house.
They had all been riding and Meta stayed behind to give some instructions to Forster.
As they moved into the courtyard, Richard saw some ducks on the lake that had not been there before.
He thought he should go down and look at them and Nathlia went with him.
When they drew near they saw that the ducks were a different breed from those normally on the lake and they had clearly come from some other pond or river in the neighbourhood.
‘They are very pretty,” Nathlia commented, “so I should not frighten them away.”
“I have no intention of doing so,” Richard said, “because I am delighted, like you, that they have come to visit us and I will ask Bell to feed them to encourage them to stay with us.”
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