When his agent had gone Adrian said to him,
“That is something you have always wanted, is it not?”
“I would forfeit my chance of owning that estate and this one as well if I could find Candida,” Lord Manville answered and Adrian knew that incredibly he spoke the truth.
“Why did Sir Tresham hate you?” he enquired. “What was the quarrel between you?”
“It is not important,” Lord Manville replied. “I found he had crooked a friend of mine, who was forced to sell his horses to pay his debts. He was young and not very knowledgeable and Foxleigh beat him down to an absurd figure far below the value of the horses. I persuaded my friend to cancel the sale and gave him myself what was a right price for the animals. Foxleigh was furious, especially when one of them won a race at Newmarket. He beha
