CHAPTER SIXTasia was completely entranced by the Earl’s house in the country when she first spied it. They had driven down in two open chaises. The Earl driving one with the boys, and Tasia had travelled in the other. She had longed to say that she would like to drive it herself, but thought it would be embarrassing if the Earl refused to allow her to do so. She was quite happy sitting with Jimbo on her knee and gazing at the countryside thinking how much she preferred the endless shades of green to London. When they arrived at Linsdale Court, Tasia thought it was even more impressive than she had expected. It was Elizabethan with many additions made over the years by great architects and she mused as they drove up that she had never seen a more beautiful house. The boys were thrill

