Chapter SixAs Aletha dressed for dinner, she thought that it had been the most exciting day that she had ever spent.
They had started by riding the new horses which had been brought round to the stables immediately after breakfast.
They were not as impressive as those which Prince Miklós wished to keep.
At the same time most of them were young and in her view had tremendous possibilities.
Aletha knew from the look on Mr. Heywood’s face that he was more than delighted with what the Prince had produced.
It seemed inevitable, Aletha thought, that she should ride beside Prince Miklós.
Mr. Heywood went off on his own, taking jumps unexpectedly so as to properly test out the horse he was on. Occasionally he would gallop away only to return looking more pleased than he had before he started
