Chapter 10
I awoke to a knock on the connecting door and the sun shining full on my face. "Come in." I propped myself on the bed. Mercy, I'd fallen asleep with my dressing gown and slippers still on.
Cassie walked in. "You're not dressed yet? It's nine o'clock already."
"It was a rough night." I ducked behind the dressing screen and told her about Miss Joubert's missing opal as I changed into a box-pleated, striped silk of red and white. Perfect for a picnic, as Mrs. Hobbs had said. Out of sheer habit, I groped in the pockets of yesterday's skirt and blindly transferred their contents into this one.
Cassie sucked in a breath. "Meyer made you personally responsible for the jewel."
I sighed. "I know."
"And you say you searched the Rose Room?"
"Several of us searched. Mr. Rayburn and M
