In the morning, Theodore prepared to ride out to the field that had been burned the day before. Emmanuel had left word that the light rain from the previous evening had curtailed the complete burning of the cane. Theodore wanted to see if the field was dry enough for the burn to be restarted.
“Must you go?” Seth asked when Theodore mounted his horse. “Cannot Emmanuel handle this? Remember Captain Andersen and Mr. Gregor are coming to lunch.”
“I will be back in plenty of time. I want to see how much might be left to burn and to see if at least part of the cane can be harvested that was burned yesterday.”
As Theodore approached the field, he saw Emmanuel had indeed begun the burn of the plot to one side of the main field. He was upset to see that Emmanuel had used the traditional method o
