As far as she and David were concerned, there were always horses of some sort to ride and there was fishing and boating on the lake.
There were also the woods where David would shoot pigeons and acres of fields in which there were partridge, hares and rabbits, all of which contributed to the larder in The Abbey.
She could never remember as she looked back on her childhood days when the sun was not shining or a dull moment when she had nothing to do.
It was only after her mother died just before Ilina’s eighteenth birthday that her whole life changed and she realised that there was no one else to look after her father.
David was with his Regiment and after the Duke’s accident life suddenly became a nightmare from which there was no escape.
At the same time the house was there and whate
