“It is time for you to get up,” Silva urged. “Terry will be here and waiting for you very shortly.”
Natalie gave a cry of excitement, jumped out of her bed and started dressing. They had already decided what would be the most becoming dress for her to travel in.
When finally Natalie was ready, she looked very pretty.
“You are so lucky,” Silva told her, “that Terry has not sold his magnificent team of horses. Now we have to say every prayer we can think of that you will join him safely and no one will know that you have left The Castle until I am forced to admit it.”
“You are marvellous, Silva,” Natalie sighed. “You know I shall thank you from the bottom of my heart for the rest of my life.”
The first fingers of dawn were just appearing in the sky as the two girls walked silently towar
