Chapter 20 The foursome – Marianne, Elinor, Edward and Kit – made their way to the stables after dinner. “I think it’s very sensible to have pudding after we get back from our ride, don’t you agree?” Elinor asked Edward as he handed her up into the saddle. “I do.” He swung his booted leg over the sorrel and gripped the reins lightly in hand. “I can’t imagine anything worse than cantering off across the fields with a Victoria sponge sloshing around in one’s stomach.” She laughed. “Exactly.” “Let’s ride out to Allenham,” Willoughby suggested. “I’m in,” Marianne agreed. “What about you two?” she asked Elinor and Edward. “Are you coming?” “You go ahead,” Elinor said. “We’ll be along in a bit.” Willoughby gathered up the reins and dug his heels into his stallion’s flanks. “Race you there,” he called out over his shoulder to Marianne. “Not fair,” she cried, and urged the bay mare into a gallop. “You’ve had a head start.”
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