Mary Fielding had gone shopping and Bill was out in the fields. Gertie was still in bed and Grandpa had gone for his tobacco. Ian was still asleep. They made their own breakfast and went back to the stables. ‘Don’t say anything to the others,’ Sandy said. ‘They mustn’t know before my parents.’ ‘No.’ Polly and Tony arrived in their respective cars; Julia had gone for a ride early. As soon as she came back, Polly decided, they would all drive over to Aspen Farm to view the team-chase course. It was a lovely spring day and Tony and Polly were in great spirits. Leo and Sandy could not help but be subdued after their night’s adventure, but it went unnoticed. Polly thought Leo was getting cold feet and made encouraging remarks about Empress of China’s reliability – no-one had ever mentioned it before, mainly because it wasn’t really apparent, but the chatter was welcome and Leo made clever, hopeful replies. Julia returned and put Faithful out in the field, and they all piled into Polly’s gruesome car.
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