Chapter SevenIt seemed to Sheena that the breath was slowly squeezed from her body, then, as if a shutter came down before her eyes, she felt a sudden darkness encompass her and knew that she was falling.
Down, down she went into the deep well of unconsciousness, but even as it stifled her, she felt it moving away from her again. Still numb, she was yet aware that she was lifted in someone’s arms.
She felt herself being carried and, although everything was far away and she had almost lost contact with herself, she felt a sense of strength and protection.
All at once she was conscious again. She opened her eyes to find herself being set down gently in a big armchair. There was a fire burning brightly in a grate and she felt the warmth of it on her hands.
A voice said authoritatively,
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