The Duke Laughed When I Rode Into His Hunt on My Old Plow Horse, and My Cousin Had Already Told Everyone I’d Be Left Behind in the First Meadow. By Dusk, Nearly Fifty Riders Had Become a Handful—and Perseus Was Still Carrying Me. Then Julian Pointed His Exhausted Thoroughbred at One Last Crumbling Stone Wall.
The Duke’s boots sank slightly into the damp ground as he came toward us. Julian was still clutching his ankle….