Chapter 15
TALKATIVE AS LOESIE had suddenly become, she did not seem to have any recollection of how she had ended up mute, no matter how Johanna asked.
Johanna asked her about the demons which the basket had shown her, and Loesie just gave her a blank look. She asked about Loesie’s family but the mention of them didn’t seem to evoke any emotion from Loesie.
Kylian had declared her fit to travel, but what had really passed between him and Loesie?
There were more questions than answers.
The nice weather held for the next couple of days. Roald insisted on spending most of that time in the garden. There were wilted flowers on the roses, he said, and he simply could not tolerate that. Johanna wandered around the gardens and the lake, looking at the swans and the duke’s ducks and peaceful
