Chapter 6Nerina sat on the edge of the bed listening.
For a moment the house seemed very still and then in the room below she heard a housemaid scraping the ashes from the grate and in the distance the sound of curtains being pulled and the vigorous brushing of carpets.
But she was listening for another sound and the expression on her face was tense, as was every muscle in her body. So far everything had run smoothly. By this time Elizabeth would be many miles away, fleeing with Adrian towards the ship that would carry her out of reach of her parents’ wrath.
But the danger was by no means past. There was still time for Lord Cardon to discover her absence and for him to prevent her sailing. He could bring her back home in disgrace, if not in time for her marriage to Sir Rupert.
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