Chapter FourThe Earl had overheard all that the butler had said to Lady Chevington and with a smile he thought to himself that Calista was being extra cautious.
At the same time this meant that he need not worry on this evening about being detached from the other guests or finding himself unexpectedly alone with her in the Conservatory.
He therefore put the whole problem of Calista out of his mind and settled down to enjoy himself with his friends who wished to discuss the performance of every horse that had taken part in the Derby.
“You will have to try for the Triple Crown, Osric,” Lord Yaxley said and Lord George Bentinck agreed.
The Triple Crown meant that a horse won the Two Thousand Guineas, the Derby and the St. Leger all in the same year.
“I was thinking of running Delos at As
