CHAPTER SIXDevona and the Earl were driving quickly back to the house.
They had set out earlier after breakfast to explore more of the estate and it had taken them longer than they expected.
Their horses were instinctively racing each other and it was a dead heat as they drew up at the entrance to the stables.
“That was a wonderful ride,” Devona enthused.
As she spoke, she wondered if perhaps she was not being very tactful.
The Earl had been horrified at the state of the land they had been inspecting, but he was, however, smiling as they rode into the stable yard.
The grooms came hurrying out to take their horses.
“You ’ave guests, my Lord,” the Head Groom said.
“Guests?” the Earl quizzed. “Who are they?”
“Lord Walton, the Lord Lieutenant.”
The Earl wondered why he was calling an
