CHAPTER SIXDruscilla’s voice died into silence and the Marquis could see all too clearly that she was reliving that moment of terror.
The flames were leaping higher in the fireplace and the light from them glinted on her red hair, turning it into an enchantment of living gold.
But her eyes were dark with fear and her lips trembled, while her slender fingers entwined themselves one with another. Leaning back in the armchair and watching her, the Marquis did not speak.
After a moment Druscilla continued,
“They say that when a man drowns his whole life flashes before his eyes. In that instant I saw all too clearly how Lord Walden – had plotted so that he would have access to – the schoolroom, which I always kept locked after the children went to bed – ”
She had fought against him, fought
