She learned, however, that Sir Stephen Horton, who was indeed slightly younger than the others, was unmarried.
He had appeared for the third time the day before yesterday, ostensibly to talk to the Earl about his brood mares.
Noella had found, however, that he was paying quite a large amount of attention to her personally.
There was something about him which she did not like.
This was apart from the fact that he was rather a bore and inclined to give a lecture on every possible subject rather than discuss it with others.
‘I hope he does not stay long,’ Noella said to herself as she walked along the corridor to her bedroom. ‘I want Lyndon to take me driving this afternoon.’
Almost as much as riding, she enjoyed driving with the Earl in a comfortable chaise without even a groom to over
