Chapter FourFor a moment Lord Mere and Florencia stared at each other.
Then he recovered first and managed to say quite convincingly,
“I told you that I had to see you.”
“How could you have – come here?” she asked and then gave a little cry. “You must have – climbed up the walls?”
He smiled, pulled the curtains to behind him and came towards the bed.
“You might have – killed yourself!” she gasped.
“I assure you I was quite safe.”
He stood by the bed looking at her, then thinking she might be embarrassed if he sat down on it, he pulled up a chair.
“Y-you should not be – here,” she said in a trembling voice.
“I know that,” he answered, “but we are alone and no one is aware of it, so let’s talk frankly.”
He felt as he spoke that she was hardly listening but only staring at him so th
