Nevertheless it was with an intense curiosity that Lord Manville could not repress that he drove to Hooper’s stable early that evening. He deliberately waited until he thought the ‘Pretty Horse-Breakers’ would have taken back their mounts and Hopper was likely to be alone.
He found him, as expected, going round the stalls, inspecting the horses and seeing that they were properly fed. He was not a man who would leave such jobs to his Head Groom, however able.
He was not surprised to see Lord Manville, elegantly dressed and almost incredibly handsome, drive his tandem into the stableyard.
He had known that he might expect him and that the fish was rising to the bait. His Lordship’s groom, with his c****d top hat, jumped down and ran to the horses’ heads. Lord Manville sauntered across the
