Follow Your Heart by Barbara Cartland

Author:Barbara Cartland
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Barbara Cartland.com

CHAPTER FIVE

As the Marquis left, again thanking Lendi for helping him, he raised her hand to his lips.

Della thought it was very kind of him and she realised how much Lendi appreciated the gesture.

When he had finally departed Della asked,

“How can you say I can go in your place? I am sure Mireli would be far better.”

Lendi shook her head.

“No, Lady, you live in big houses – know important people. Mireli has yet to learn about them. Very different telling fortunes of – villagers.”

Della could see the sense in what she was saying, but equally she was frightened.

“But how can I possibly tell fortunes as you do?”

“Read their thoughts,” said Lendi quietly.

Della was silent.

She knew that she was able at times to read other people’s thoughts, but it would be very different with strangers.

As if Lendi could divine what she was thinking, she told her,

“Young people – all want love. They look into crystal. You find easy to know – what they think.”

“I will do my best,” sighed Della.

She wanted to refuse outright, but doing so she knew would be most unkind to Lendi and it would be very ungrateful to the gypsies who had allowed her to run away with them without a word of protest.

How could she possibly refuse to do the one favour they asked of her?

Clasping her hands together she knelt in front of Lendi and pleaded,

“Give me a lesson, teach me, please, please!”

“I will,” promised Lendi. “There no hurry. Moon help – better than me.”

Della wanted to argue, but decided there was no point. All she could do was to attempt to learn from Lendi in two days, everything she had learned in a lifetime.

She was, however, thrilled when a little later she climbed out of the caravan to find Piramus waiting for her.

“Lordship when he left say if wish you ride in woods,” he informed her happily.

“He said that!” exclaimed Della in astonishment. “But why?”

“He saw Apollo. Looks different to our horses. Lordship ask where I got him.”

“I tell him Apollo yours. Now you have ride in woods and over fields.”

“I cannot believe it,” enthused Della, “but I am going to ride at once just in case his Lordship changes his mind.”

“Lord not do that,” smiled Piramus.

Because she was so excited at the idea of riding over the estate, Della did not change her clothes. She quickly saddled up Apollo and rode into the large wood to the right side of where they were camped.

It was, she thought, as wonderful in its way as the Duke’s woods, which she always thought of as hers. There were rabbits moving about in the undergrowth and squirrels climbing up the trees.

When she had ridden for quite a long time she found a pool just like the one she visited so often when she was at home.

It was actually larger and surrounded by trees which made it appear mysterious but, as the irises and the kingcups were in flower, very beautiful.

She could imagine nymphs swimming in its cool depths and emerging from the water to seek the sunshine.

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