Summary

Readers find Beryl in Chapter 9 helping her father train horses now that he realizes that there is no point in trying to give her a traditional education. She's his head boy and now has her own horse, Pegasus, an offspring of Coquette whom she had foaled herself staying with Coquette to ensure a successful birth. After telling her father her plans for the day, she rides Pegasus and runs into a new neighbor with a farm, Jock Purves. The two talk and she leaves. She tells her father and Emma about her encounter when she gets home. She finds out that even though her father has given up on a formal education for her, Emma still insists that she does what's proper for high-society British girl. Beryl has to attend a coming out party.

The party takes place in Chapter 10. Beryl dances, gets...