“I would hope so, Your Highness,” was the instant reply.
“As I am going to the stables,” the Prince said, “I suggest you and your granddaughter come with me now.”
“That is exactly what we would like to do, Your Highness,” Mr. Heywood replied. “But I think first I must discuss where we are to stay and I must pay the carriage I hired to bring us here.”
“If I had known, I would have met you at the Railway Station,” the Prince replied.
“Actually we came from the Castle at Györ,” Mr. Heywood informed him.
“From Baron von Sicardsburg,” the Prince enquired. “He boasts a lot, but I can assure you that his horses in no way compare with ours. Is that not true, Hévis?”
“It most certainly is, your Highness!”
“He is a – horrid man!” Aletha said impulsively. “I am sorry we bought – anything from
