Chapter 12
NELLIE FOLLOWED HENRIK across the forecourt up the steps to the front door. When he knocked, the sound reverberated in the hollow space beyond.
A moment later Lord Verdonck’s housekeeper opened the door.
Henrik said, “We would like to speak with your master, please.”
“May I ask what this is about?”
“It’s a confidential matter of extreme importance.”
Henrik clearly had experience in sounding very authoritative and convincing.
The housekeeper showed them to a small room and told them to wait while he went to inform the master.
The sound of male voices drifted across the hall from the library. Having been inside the room before, Nellie could imagine Adalbert sitting by the fire.
Not much later the housekeeper came back. “The master will see you now.” He led Henrik and Nell
