Chapter FourAs Solita entered the room, she saw that it was very large and there was a huge four-poster bed facing her.
The light came from candelabra on each side of it.
With a sudden jerk of her heart she realised that the bed was empty.
That meant, she thought, that the Duke had already gone to the Princess.
Then, as she stood irresolute, looking at the bed as if she felt she must be mistaken, a door opened and the Duke came in.
For a moment he was silhouetted against the light behind him and she saw that he was wearing a long dark robe.
He did not see her, but walked across the room and she knew that he was on his way to the Princess.
Suddenly he was aware of her, standing just inside the door and looked at her in sheer astonishment.
“Solita!” he exclaimed, “why are you here?”
