Chapter SevenIt was nearly noon before Dominica arose.
But when she was dressed and went from her room it was to find that the house was empty, neither Lord Hawkston nor Gerald were anywhere to be seen.
She picked up her sunshade thinking that she would go into the garden.
The new way that she had arranged her hair in in a corolla on top of her head was, she thought, becoming so that she decided she would not spoil it by wearing a bonnet.
Anyway there was no one to see her.
She had, however, just reached the front door when she heard the sound of a horse’s hoofs and saw Lord Hawkston come riding down the path that led up the mountain.
He dismounted and she thought that his horse looked as if he had ridden it hard.
She also noticed that he wore a pistol in the belt that encircled his
