CHAPTER FIVEAleda awoke with a start to realise that she was cold.
She was also aware that the candles by her bed were getting low and it must be very late.
Then it flashed through her mind that Doran Winton had not come.
She was still sitting in the armchair, but she had now slipped down at the side and fallen asleep against the protruding arm.
Feeling stiff, she rose to her feet and looked at the clock on the mantelpiece.
It was four o’clock in the morning!
He had not come to her and he obviously did not intend to.
For a moment she did not ask herself why but pulled off her negligée and crept into bed.
She fell into a very deep sleep as soon as her head touched the pillow.
When she woke up again, it was because the curtains were being pulled back by her maid and bright sunshine
