4Caroline bent forward and looked out of the window of the coach. It was travelling fast, for Lord Vulcan had his coaches specially built for speed and the new roads invented by Macadam made journeying both smooth and swift.
“We shall be there soon,” she said to Maria who was sitting beside her. “The last milestone said “Three miles to, Cuckhurst” and we must have done over half that distance by now.”
“Oh, m’lady, I am so frightened,” Maria quivered.
“Try not to be so chicken-hearted, Maria,” Caroline answered. “It is quite simple, as I have told, you. Immediately we arrive I am sending the coach on to Brecon Castle with two letters, one the recommendation from Mrs. Edgmont, the other from myself asking for an interview. You can travel in the coach until it reaches the drive, then you m
