“Thank you very much. You have done an excellent job and I shall certainly commend you all for your rapid response when I came to the Barracks and your most efficient action here.”
He paused a moment and then went on,
“I shall call on the General later today and report to him.”
“It has been a pleasure to help you, my Lord,” the Captain said.
The men all cheered.
It was quite obvious that they had definitely enjoyed what had been an unexpected and real battle in the middle of their manoeuvres.
The brake drove off with the soldiers on horseback on either side of it.
As they turned down the drive, the Marquis came into the house.
Imilda did not move or speak, but he looked up and saw her at the top of the stairs.
“I want to talk to you,” he said.
She came down the stairs.
As she di
