The driver had reclaimed the carriage with its horse from the stables and sat in the entrance to the farm, waiting for my entrance into the vehicle. I walked as quickly as I could to the door of the carriage and ducked to enter.
“Are you sure that you are well, sir?” asked the carriage driver.
“Yes, sir, I am. I am also eager to start our journey.”
With that, the man nodded and snapped the reins of the horse. “Yah!” he yelled, and the horse began walking with a sense of urgency out onto the road that had brought us to the farm.
I sat there watching the farmhouse and beautiful meadows slowly pass away. I had no need to stay, especially with all that had happened in a few short hours. I still did not understand what it all meant, but I had a feeling that nothing would be easy from here u
