Because she took longer than Lord Yelverton, she found when she came out of her tent that he, Diaz and Jiminez were already waiting, she thought impatiently, for her.
“I am sorry –” she began.
Without looking at her Lord Yelverton was already beginning to walk once again in the direction of the cascade and the cave at the top of the rocks.
Jiminez and Diaz were carrying all the equipment and, as they started to climb, Tula realised that it was because they did not wish Lord Yelverton to exert himself more than was necessary and they also thought that he might have to help her.
She was, however, used to climbing up difficult places and she reached the passage outside the cave at the same moment as Lord Yelverton.
As she pulled herself lithely onto it and then watched him do the same, s
