CHAPTER SEVENHelsa reached the door in the wall that led into the Vicarage garden.
She walked through it, being careful not to bang her case against the sides and closed the door behind her.
The garden was full of delightful blooms and they did not seem to have suffered at all from her neglect these last few days when she had been at The Hall.
She walked across the lawn and putting down her case she went straight into the stables.
She thought if her father was back home his horse would be there, but the stalls were empty and quite clearly Golden Arrow was in the field and her father still away.
There was no sign of George the groom anywhere and she guessed he would have been watching the climax of the steeplechase.
She retraced her steps to the front of the Vicarage and picked up her
