Secret Love by Barbara Cartland

Author:Barbara Cartland
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-78213-116-8
Publisher: Barbara Cartland.com

CHAPTER FIVE

They started off at ten o’clock the next morning.

Robbie felt that no one could look more attractive than Josofine.

She was wearing what he reckoned she must have bought yesterday. It was a country dress, rather plain but which seemed to accentuate her beauty. To match it she sported a very pretty straw hat that allowed her dark hair to curl against her pink and white cheeks.

As the sun was shining and the birds were singing it was the perfect day to be going to the country.

Robbie had risen early and gone to see the manager of the stables where he hired a post-chaise.

And he had agreed with the manager that he should drive two new horses that were fresh and young without having to take a groom with him.

“I know I can trust you, my Lord,” he said, “to look after me horses properly.”

“I promise you they will have the best food and the most comfortable accommodation,” replied Robbie stoutly.

The manager laughed.

“That’s more than a lot of us gets these days!”

Robbie agreed with him and he was thinking of his small flat and the difficulty he had in paying the rent.

He calculated that he and Josofine should arrive shortly after luncheon at Creswell Court.

He was certain Wenda would be off her head seeing to everything in the house.

He knew there was a good posting inn about five miles from his home and he had occasionally visited it over the years.

They had not gone far before Josofine commented,

“I can see you are a very good driver, Robbie.”

He smiled at her.

“I enjoy driving, but most of all riding.”

It suddenly struck him that he had never asked her if she could ride and before he could do so, she admitted,

“I enjoy riding too. I have two horses of my own in France and I love both of them.”

“Has your father a large stable?” Robbie enquired.

There was a pause before Josofine answered,

“Do tell me about your horses. How old were you when you rode for the first time?”

She was being evasive again, but Robbie sensed it would be foolish to spoil the day by pressing her to tell him what she did not want him to know.

They did not talk much on the way as Robbie was concentrating on giving the horses their heads. They were certainly faster than any he had driven from that stable.

They reached the posting inn just a little before one o’clock and as he turned into the yard, Robbie told her,

“We are having luncheon here. They will be so busy at home preparing for this evening that I don’t want to bother them for an extra meal.”

“That is kind and considerate of you,” Josofine said softly. “I have noticed since I first met you that unlike other men you are always thinking of other people.”

“Perhaps you have met the wrong sort of men – ”

He saw as he spoke that she gave a little shiver.

She was obviously thinking again of the man she had run away from.

Robbie was

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