She did not join her husband, for he resented her proximity in the hunting-field.
They drew blank in a wood above the first kill, but finally found after considerable delay along a stubbly stretch of ground bordering Baronmead, a large estate that the eldest Errol had just bought.

The fox headed straight for the Baronmead woods and after him streamed the hunt pell-mell along a stony valley.
It was not Anne's intention to be in at a second death that day, and she deliberately checked the grey's enthusiasm when he would have borne her headlong through the scampering crowd.

To his indignation, instead of pursuing the chase in the valley, she headed him up the hill.

He protested with vehemence, threatening to rebel outright, but Anne was determined, and eventually she had her way.

Up the hill they went.
It was a scramble to reach the top, for the ground was steep and sloppy, but on the summit of the ridge progress was easier.