Chapter 34: A Survey of the Ride of the Welsh Cavaliers Escorting the Countess of Fleetwood to…

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​⁠A formal notification from the earl, addressed to the Countess of Fleetwood in the third person, that Esslemont stood ready to receive her, autocratically concealed her lord’s impatience to have her there; and by the careful precision with which the stages of her journey were marked, as places where the servants despatched to convey their lady would find preparations for her comfort, again alarmed