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She got to the ferry two hours early, which meant lots of hanging around. Next moment a messenger arrived at the table with two telegrams for Fen. “What’s she doing inside?”“I brought her in this morning,” he lied easily. ”“What sort of terms were you thinking about?”“About 75 grand a year, and extra of course for the box and any horses.

She was ashamed that since she’d married Rupert she’d filled in less than a half of it, only sketchily recording events in what had certainly been the most exciting years of her life. You won it too, you know. But then Rupert would probably go back to Arcadia and kill Helen. His whole routine’s been disrupted.