It flashed through her mind that the money and jewellery that she had brought with her were upstairs, but at the moment that was immaterial.
What was important was that she should escape before she was forced to marry the Marquis for she recognised that her uncle was not speaking lightly.
When she had run away last night from his house in Grosvenor Square, she had known that nothing she could say and no pleading or begging for mercy would prevent him from marrying her to Sir Mortimer Forstrath.
He wanted the money, he wanted to be rid of her and he had already threatened to beat her unconscious if she argued with him any further.
It had never entered her head that in imposing herself on the Marquis, her uncle would not only find her but would use the situation as a means of providing h
