He knew that she felt her father was near her, even though she could no longer see him.
The Duke put his arm around her and drew her out of the garden towards the carriage.
As they stepped inside it, Hadji said very sincerely,
“The Gods go with you.”
Before they could reply he had closed the door of the carriage and the horses moved off.
It was still so early that there were few people about in the streets of Jogyakarta and therefore no one in authority to look at them with curiosity.
Only when they were well away from the City and out into the countryside did the Duke stop the carriage to take over the reins.
Sarida was beside him while the coachman and Dawson sat inside.
As they drove on, she said with a little laugh,
“I just knew that this was what you wanted to do!”
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