He replied to her in the same language.
“I will show you some of my country tomorrow and I am quite certain that you like riding.”
“I would rather ride than do anything else,” Yolisa replied. “I am sure that your horses are as magnificent as your Palace.”
“I hope you will think so,” the Prince said. “As it happens, they come from Hungary.”
Yolisa laughed.
“Then you certainly have the best. My father, who is a most experienced horseman, has always told me that the finest horses he has ever ridden have been Hungarian.”
“I thought, if it suited you,” the Prince replied, still speaking in Greek, “we could ride off early in the morning before all the arduous duties of the day start.”
“In England I usually ride before breakfast,” Yolisa volunteered.
“That is what I thought you would d
