CHAPTER FIVEAfter breakfast they went to the stables and once again Georgina found herself riding Sunlight.
“We will have to be fair and ride the other horses sometimes,” she said to Alister. “We don’t want them to be jealous if we take Sunlight and Firefly out every time.”
He laughed.
“Do you think they really notice?”
“Of course they do. Papa always taught me to talk to my horse and I am sure that he understands every word I say.”
Alister laughed again.
He thought that she was quite right and they would have to exercise the other horses and he was certain that the grooms would not do it as well as they did.
They rode over the fields and called at one of the farms. The farmer and his wife were delighted to see the new Earl.
They showed him proudly how well the crops had sold the p
