CHAPTER TENHidden under the trees, protected by the gathering darkness, Cecilia watched the dramatic scene in the yard.
She saw Roseanne fool Sir Stewart and Constable Jenkins and the two men take themselves off, humbled. She watched with pleasure as Frank and Roseanne threw themselves into each other’s arms and their return to the hotel, followed by the doctor.
Only when everything was completely quiet did she slip out and walk to the gate. Looking to the left she could make out Jenkins and Sir Stewart in the distance. As soon as they had turned a corner out of sight, she turned to the right and began to run.
After a while she found a cab and hailed it.
“The railway station, please.”
All the way to the station she sat well back in the cab, grinding her fingers into her palm, terrifie
