He thought as he did so that he would not go back through the village where the road was very hard.
But he would return to The Hall by the lanes on the other side of his estate.
It would not take him any longer and it would be easier for the horse that had lost its shoe.
Driving slowly and carefully he turned round and, by moving through several narrow lanes, approached The Hall over a grass field.
In doing so, he passed the field at the end of which lay the picturesque but dilapidated old mill that so many people always admired.
To his surprise he saw a smart carriage drawn by two horses at the gate of the field.
He wondered who it belonged to.
He supposed, as often happened, that someone was looking at the old mill as it was undoubtedly one of the beauty spots of the County.
Then
