CHAPTER FIVEThe Duke awoke and saw that the sun was streaming in through the window.
He next realised that he had not undressed, but had fallen asleep on top of the bed.
He looked at his watch and saw that it was now half past six.
This told him he had half an hour before he had to wake Alysia.
He therefore washed himself thoroughly in the cold water in the ewer on the washstand.
He shaved and put on a clean shirt and threw the one he had been wearing on the floor.
It was on Harry’s advice and he thought with a smile that he would be amused that he had carried it out.
He brushed his hair and put on the second silk tie that Harry had packed in his bag for him. It was, he thought, rather smarter than the burgundy coloured one.
Then he walked down the passage to Alysia’s room.
When h
