CHAPTER FIVELuncheon had been arranged at the house for nearly fifty people.
When the large central table in the dining room was filled, there were smaller tables arranged to accommodate the overflow.
Neisa was hoping that she could avoid Randolph.
She had no sooner sat herself down at a small table, thinking that perhaps she should not push herself onto the large one, when he joined her.
There was only one other person at the table at that moment.
Randolph said in a low voice that only she could hear,
“I still want to know where you slept last night?”
She was so surprised at his asking her this question again that she looked at him in astonishment.
“I was with my cousin, as I told you before. We started to talk and we fell asleep.”
She was not at all certain what the expression
