CHAPTER FIVEDriving away from London Shimona thought it was incredible that she should really be with the Duke and that they were journeying towards Leicestershire.
The whole entourage filled her with excitement that she had never known before.
First, she was travelling with the Duke in his yellow and black phaeton with a groom up behind wearing the Ravenstone livery, as were the four outriders with their white wigs and black velvet peaked caps.
Alister followed them in his own phaeton, although his team of four horses was not of such magnificent horseflesh as the Duke’s.
Behind them again came the Duke’s travelling chariot with Nanna, very straight-backed and disapproving, sitting inside.
It was Nanna who nearly made it impossible for Shimona to undertake the journey.
When she had r
