You won't be left behind unless there's
something out of the way to stop us." Arabella's heart was in her
mouth, but she was quite resolved. Where he went she would follow.
As for being left behind she would not care the least for that if
he were left behind with her. They got well away, having to pause a
moment while the hounds came up to Tony's horn out of the wood.
Then there was plain sailing and there were very few before them.
"He's one of the old sort, my lord," said Tony as he pressed on,
speaking of the fox. "Not too near me, and you'll go like a bird,"
said his lordship. "He's a nice little horse, isn't he? When I'm
going to be married, he'll be the first present I shall make her."
"He'd tempt almost any girl," said Arabella.
It was wonderful how well she went, knowing so little about it as
she did. The horse was one easily ridden, and on plain ground she
knew what she was about in a saddle. At any rate she did not
disgrace herself and when they had already run some three or four
miles Lord Rufford had nearly the best of it and she had kept with
him. "You don't know where you are I suppose," he said when they
came to a check.
"And I don't in the least care, if they'd only go on," said she
eagerly.
"We're back at Rufford Park. We've left the road nearly a mile to
our left, but there we are.
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