CHAPTER FOURAspasia awoke suddenly and wondered for a moment where she was. Then she realised that somebody had pulled back the curtains and she could see the pale yellow dawn moving up the sky while there were still twinkling some stars overhead.
She stared at them for a moment and then heard a sound and realised what had awoken her.
The Marquis was in the bathroom.
At the thought of him she sat up quickly feeling that it was incredible that she had in fact slept dreamlessly while lying on a bed beside a strange man.
Then she saw the pillow between them and that on his side the sheet was creased where he had lain all night.
It struck her once again how fortunate she had been in being with a man who had no interest in her.
The way the other gentlemen were behaving at the end of dinne
