CHAPTER TWOSusanna climbed the steps of 96 Curzon Street and saw that it was a tall and imposing building.
The footman who had accompanied her from Lavenham House rang the bell and then stood back.
“Wait outside for me, James,” Susanna told him. “I may be only a minute or I may be longer, I am not sure.”
“Very good, miss,” James replied.
He was a quiet lad from the country and Susanna had been glad that he was on duty when she came downstairs having made her plan of escape from the house.
Her mother never rose early and her father, having had his breakfast, would have already gone. The only danger therefore consisted of Mrs. Dawes, the housekeeper, who would think it extraordinary if she left the house alone and would undoubtedly tell her mother at once.
So Susanna decided that the o
