Barbara Cartland Favourite Scottish Romances by Barbara Cartland

Author:Barbara Cartland [Cartland, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781782130079
Publisher: Barbara Cartland Ebooks Ltd
Published: 2014-12-19T00:00:00+00:00

“To be handed to his Lordship on arrival.”

She placed it in her bag and hoped that it said nice things about her.

She would have felt agitated when she reached King’s Cross if the footman had not found a porter for her luggage and had accompanied her to the train.

He looked very impressive in his cockaded top hat and what she now knew was the Warrenton livery.

She felt it was his presence that made the porter find an empty compartment with a ladies only sign on the window.

He put the hamper she had noticed with delight in the compartment and then he hurried to the guard’s van with her trunks.

“I think perhaps I ought to tip him,” Jacoba said to the footman.

“I’ll see to that, miss,” the man replied. “’is Lordship told me to do so.”

Jacoba thanked him and before climbing into the carriage held out her hand.

The footman raised his hat before he took it and said,

“Good Luck! And take care of yourself, miss! You really oughtn’t to be goin’ all that way on your own!”

“Thank you for your concern, but I shall be all right,” Jacoba replied.

She smiled and when he walked away she thought again how kind everybody was to her.

She made herself comfortable in the corner seat facing the engine and put the hamper on a seat next to her.

She hoped that the carriage would not be too full and then another lady came in just before the train started.

She was middle-aged, plainly dressed, and had a kind face.

She sat down opposite Jacoba who hoped that there would be nobody else.

It was a corridor train and she thought it possible that people might come from the crowded carriages into theirs.

However, after a great palaver of whistle-blowing, waving of the red flag and the slamming of doors, the train began to puff slowly out of the station.

“Where are you going?” the lady asked as the train gathered speed.

“I am going to the North of Scotland,” Jacoba replied.

“Goodness gracious! That’s a long way, to be sure! And are you travelling all alone?”

“There was no one to go with me,” Jacoba answered her, “and I have never been so far before.”

“I should think not!” the lady said, “and unless we have a lot of people joining us, we can at least make ourselves comfortable for the next fourteen hours to Edinburgh.”

“Is that how long it takes?” Jacoba asked.

She thought that she had been rather remiss in not finding out the length of the journey before.

“Fourteen hours!” the lady repeated, “unless, of course, we’re delayed on the way, as frequently happens.”

“We can only hope that does not happen this time,” Jacoba said bravely.

She was thinking that fourteen hours was a very long time and she only hoped that she had enough food to last for the whole journey.

She was thankful she had been brave enough to say that she needed it and she certainly could not have gone hungry again as she did yesterday.

She was felt certain that it would be a mistake to spend any of her precious money if it was not entirely necessary.

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