CHAPTER SEVENErlina walked closer to the Marquis.
And in a voice that he could hardly hear she suggested,
“Will you – come into – the Music Room? I have – something to – tell you.”
The Marquis raised his eyebrows.
“The Music Room?” he questioned reflectively.
Erlina did not answer.
She merely waited as he rose to his feet and he then put his hand on her shoulder in the same way that he did when Gerry guided him.
It was the first time that he had done so.
Erlina felt herself thrill because he was actually touching her.
With difficulty she managed to concentrate on getting him through the door and down the passage.
The Music Room was at the end of it and she felt that she could safely talk to him there without anyone overhearing their conversation.
She was thinking of how she hers
