Chapter SixPandora changed her gown, but she did not rest as the Doctor had suggested. Instead, she went downstairs to the Dining Room where she knew the gentlemen would be having breakfast.
They rose as she entered and Burrows hurried forward to offer her a number of dishes. Although she was not hungry she accepted a little to eat and waited until the servants had left the room.
“What did the Doctor say?” Freddie asked as if he could bear the suspense no longer.
“He said,” Pandora answered, choosing her words carefully, “that Norvin must be carefully nursed and have complete – quiet for the next – few days.”
She looked directly at Freddie as she spoke and he understood at once what she had left unsaid.
“We will leave before luncheon.”
“What you really mean is, as soon as we can get
