CHAPTER THREEThey took longer to reach Penrith than Lolita had expected, which did not matter except that the journey had cost quite a lot of her money.
She had to buy Simon a new shirt to replace his dirty and blood-stained one as well as a hat to wear if the sun was hot.
They had changed horses twice more and been to yet another livery stable.
Lolita was sure that it would be almost impossible for anyone to follow their tracks.
But now she thought that the big test was still to come as she needed to persuade Simon’s uncle to take him in and look after him.
She had already gathered from Simon that Lord Seabrook was young and unmarried and she could quite understand he would feel it very tiresome to have to set up a nursery before he was ready for one.
Equally she was determined that
