<br/><strong>Tempest with the children.</strong><br/><br/>“I expect you were m’am “ Alice said softly, “Our Governess was a singer before she came to work for us. I think she would rather still be a singer.” The boy nodded sagely. “She is not nasty though just…well she is just …I don’t think she likes children. Not in the way that our uncle does not like children though.” The pale haired girl added seeming to want to defend the woman.<br/><br/>It was then that they both changed the subject, and started asking about which horse she might like to ride. They both said they would be more than happy to help her choose, because they had known the horses here for a long time. Alice suggested that there was a pretty grey mare that might suit Tempest, she was both gentle and fast apparently, and also easy to control. However there are some more feisty horses too, we have a bay gelding that is rather fun to ride. Would you care to look at them?”<br/><br/>The both seemed to want to be out of the house just as she was finishing her tea a large raven flew past the window. The children both looked at it and smiled.