There were only five wounded men left at the moment and Ivana had told them firmly that they were to stay in the barn unless either she or Nanny told them it was safe for them to go outside into the courtyard.
When she had left Flagstaff Manor, she had not known that the Marquis had discovered her secret and she had been afraid that he or Sir Anthony might call unexpectedly to visit her and see the men in the garden.
She stopped for a moment in the hall to tidy her hair in front of a very old mirror, thinking as she did so, that the Marquis must have thought it strange that she was not wearing a bonnet.
She had never for a moment expected to see him when she had gone to Heathcliffe, thinking that he and Sir Anthony would be out riding or driving and she had taken the precaution of going
