Because she so wanted to be like her father, Kayla became an expert linguist.
As she was always used to chattering away, she found it difficult to wait for her grandfather to start on a subject and yet she knew, that if she made any comment whatsoever, he would immediately shout her down.
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The days seemed to move very slowly.
She rode almost as soon as it was light and after she had explored the house and the gardens, there was little else for her to do.
When she had looked at the fountain in the formal garden and the lake, she would just slip round to the stables.
There she would pat the horses and talk to them, but it would be a mistake to draw attention to herself by riding later in the day.
‘There must be something I can do here,’ she mused.
Then she remembered how busy they u
