The morning was a good time to exercise, Roger found. He stood near the stables, running through a series of exercises, such as push ups and jumping jacks. He was dressed only in a pair of trousers and had worked up a fine sweat by the time he moved on to drilling with his cavalry saber. He used a hay bale as a target and attacked it again and again. By the time he was done, he was good and winded. He finished up by dumping a cold bucket of water over his head, and shaking out his long hair to dry it.

After this, he dressed again and went to check on the patient. He hoped that she would be feeling up to eating breakfast with him and the baroness. She had invited him that morning, before his workout. He knocked on the door and waited for a reply.