“You – forgot to – come and say – goodnight to me as I – expected you to.”
Because she knew that he must be staring at her incredulously, she added quickly,
“I-I fell asleep – or I would have – come to you before.”
Lord Branscombe did not speak and Latonia thought despairingly that she would never make him understand.
Then, because she knew that if she failed he would die, it was almost as if a voice told her what she must do.
Without thinking, without even considering anything but the horror of what she had overheard, she moved forward and lay down on the bed beside Lord Branscombe.
As she did so, she was aware that he stiffened, but the only thing that mattered was that he should know there were plans to kill him.
In the swiftness of a second Latonia was beside him, her head was o
