CHAPTER SIXWhen they came back from riding, the Marquis turned and said to Kistna,
“When you have changed, I want to speak to you. I will be in the library.”
Because there was a note in his voice that did not sound normal, she looked at him in surprise.
Then, when he did not wait for her reply, but walked away in the direction of the library, she ran upstairs.
While she was changing into what she thought was one of the prettiest gowns Madame Yvonne had sent her, Kistna wondered what the Marquis had to say to her.
She could not imagine that she had done anything wrong, but she thought now that this morning when they were riding he had been a little aloof and more silent than he had been on other rides.
Peregrine had made her laugh, but she saw that the Marquis did not join in and now
