Chapter SixImilda had been riding the second young horse that she had promised Abbot to exercise.
By this time she had both of them well under control and they enjoyed their ride as much as she did.
She always felt, however, a little guilty if she did not take Apollo out first.
She therefore had taken Apollo out for two hours immediately after an early breakfast.
She felt he enjoyed the new countryside that they rode over as much as she did.
As she grew more familiar with the Marquis’s estate, she admitted that in some places it was even more beautiful than where she rode at home.
She was, however, always worried that something would happen to bring the Marquis to Melverley Park, which would, of course, compel her to leave and go somewhere else to hide.
But she could not imagine whe
