Chapter fourImilda woke early, but there was no sign of breakfast until nearly nine o’clock.
She longed to go to the stables to see Apollo, but she thought that it would be rude on her first morning to go off without discussing it with Nanny.
When she had finished breakfast, Nanny reminded her that the gardener was waiting for her at half-past nine in the Herb Garden. She reiterated the instructions that Mrs. Gibbons had given her.
It seemed to Imilda extraordinary that there was so much fuss about her finding her way to the Herb Garden.
As it was her first day, she was good and did exactly as she was told.
She went down the main staircase into the hall and found the Herb Garden quite easily.
An elderly gardener was there waiting for her and she shook his hand, saying,
“I expect you
