She saw Lord Lynche turn as if in surprise at her attack.
And then he said,
“Who has dared to behave as you suggest?”
“Surely you know your own friends well enough for that,” Carina replied. “Please let me pass.”
She moved by him, her head held high despite the uncomfortable knowledge that her hair was beginning to fall down her shoulders.
She forced herself to move quickly, but still to walk, until she reached the top of the stairs. Then, as she moved out of Lord Lynche’s sight, she ran as fast as she could up the next flight and, bursting into her bedroom, flung herself down on the bed.
It was only when she felt herself free of them all that the tears came flooding down her cheeks and sobs seemed to shake the whole of her body. She cried with childish abandon until she could cry no
