The train seemed like a sanctuary and, as she turned to see that Lord Branscombe had followed her, she heard him say to the guard,
“We are ready to leave at once!”
The doors were closed and the whistle was blown and, as the wheels began to turn, Latonia felt that her legs could no longer support her.
She put out her hand to save herself from falling, then as she did so, everything began to go dark –
Someone was holding her, lifting her and, as she realised whose arms they were, she thought vaguely far away in the distance that someone was saying,
“He is safe! He is safe!”
The next moment she felt herself laid down on the bed in her sleeping compartment, but it was impossible to open her eyes.
She felt Lord Branscombe take off her hat, then her shoes.
It seemed strange that he shoul
