CHAPTER FOUR
It was two hours later that the Duke stepped through the door of the secret passage behind the bed and, crossing the floor into the sitting room, found Amé in front of the fire.
She was not asleep, but was sitting staring into the flames of the fire, which she had fed with many logs of wood since he had left her and, as she raised her face, he saw that she was tearless but very pale.
It was then for perhaps the first time in his life that the Duke could not meet a woman’s eyes. Because he was uncomfortable, his voice was sharp as he said,
“We leave at once!”
Amé started to her feet and a little colour came into her cheeks.
“We can get away – you are sure of it?”
“Luck is on our side, we can get away,” the Duke replied.
He stood for a moment pensive, his fingers busy wi
