The roads luckily were almost empty as there were not many people living in this part of the County.
The Earl concentrated on travelling as fast as he could and he only slowed down a little when Tom warned him that there was a sharp turn at the end of the road.
Once again they would be in the narrow lanes that could be dangerous.
*
Devona actually had been grateful for them.
Sir Erwell had travelled so fast on the wider road and whipped his horses all the way. She had been swayed from side to side in the phaeton.
Only by holding tightly onto the arm of the seat was she able to prevent herself from being thrown out.
“You are going too fast,” she managed to say with difficulty. “And you have no right to – carry me away like this.”
“I have every right,” Sir Erwell retorted. “If I don’
