“Then you do – still need – me?”
“I will tell you when you are no longer necessary,” the Marquis replied.
The relief made Norina for a moment feel weak and, without waiting to be told she could do so, she sat down on a chair.
“You – frightened – me!” she said accusingly.
“You frightened yourself,” the Marquis replied. “You might not have noticed, but my eyes are still bandaged!”
“I can – hardly say that I am – glad,” Norina replied in a voice that shook.
“Then suppose you do your duty,” the Marquis suggested, “and open the letters that are standing on that secretaire by the window?”
Norina rose and walked to where she could now see a large pile of letters.
It was obvious that they were private and personal and she thought that some of the envelopes were scented as – Patsy’s – had b
