“Of course you have me, Yolanda, and together we will win our battle.”
She wiped her eyes.
Then Mr. Garrack suggested,
“Let’s have a glass of champagne because we both need it. Then after luncheon we will go riding. I think you will agree that we should take Chestnut and the new horses which we have yet to name, to London with us.”
Yolanda smiled at him.
“They too will want their London Season!”
*
At luncheon her stepfather set out to amuse her.
He told her stories of things that had happened to him when he was abroad and spoke of new projects he had invested in which had proved disastrous.
Because she asked him, he told her with pride about some business deals that had been a huge success and had eventually made him a multi-millionaire.
As soon as luncheon was finished the hor
