As she did so, she wondered frantically where she should go for help.
As travellers were few and far between on this particular road, which was seldom used except by those who lived in the vicinity of The Manor, the talk of a woman’s jewels surprised her.
She could not think of anyone whom her father and mother had known who would drive about in the daytime heavily bejewelled.
She could only think that it was perhaps some visitor from London whom the highwaymen were expecting.
She mounted Mercury, who she thought still looked at her reproachfully because he had not been allowed to graze except on the grass beneath his feet.
Making a detour she passed the highwaymen’s horses, which were at the other end of the field and then rode on.
It was obvious that whoever the robbers were expect
