Conrad's Fate
“It was spotting with rain that morning. Lady Felice looked at it and said she would do her riding later on, when the rain had stopped. Andrew had to run all the way to the stables to stop them getting her horse ready. I wished she had sent Gregor. Andrew came back red in the face and quite wet.
We were supposed to go to Mr. Maxim straight after the Countess had finished breakfast, but Mrs. Baldock sent for us first.
“Have you looked in the stables?” I asked Christopher on our way to the Houseke...eper’s Room.
“Not really,” he said. “Just felt about there. I don’t get on with horses. But you’re right, Grant. We’d better investigate there, too, this afternoon.”
It was about our afternoon off that Mrs. Baldock wanted to see us. “You’ll have time to go up to Stallstead,” she said, “and if you want to do that, I’ll advance you some pay. But remember—you have to be back here at six o’clock promptly.”
I was relieved. I was afraid she was going to tell us off for being up half the night.MoreLess
We were supposed to go to Mr. Maxim straight after the Countess had finished breakfast, but Mrs. Baldock sent for us first.
“Have you looked in the stables?” I asked Christopher on our way to the Houseke...eper’s Room.
“Not really,” he said. “Just felt about there. I don’t get on with horses. But you’re right, Grant. We’d better investigate there, too, this afternoon.”
It was about our afternoon off that Mrs. Baldock wanted to see us. “You’ll have time to go up to Stallstead,” she said, “and if you want to do that, I’ll advance you some pay. But remember—you have to be back here at six o’clock promptly.”
I was relieved. I was afraid she was going to tell us off for being up half the night.MoreLess
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