"They will send down bye-and-bye for your luggage; it's only a one-seated affair outside."
I followed him to the carriage; a bright faced young fellow was holding a spirited horse; from his bearing I instantly set him down as something more than a servant.
"Here, Flaxman, is your charge," the conductor remarked, as he assisted me into the carriage.
"Miss Selwyn, I presume," the young man said, politely, as he disentangled one hand from the reins to grasp mine. The horse started off on a biasing canter, much to my amusement.
"You are not afraid, I hope," my companion said, a trifle anxiously.
"Not afraid, but amused; your horse goes so oddly; but I am not accustomed to their ways." I added, fearing my remark might give offence.
"Faery and I are very good friends, and understand each other thoroughly; but strangers usually get alarmed."
My knowledge of quadrupeds was so limited I thought it safest to remain silent.
Presently we passed the Blakes, I longed to relieve Daniel of his heavy basket; for even he seemed to stagger beneath its weight.
"I was speaking with that woman on the train. She comes to attend her son's wife, who is sick."