CHAPTER SIXAs Shimona reached the door, it was flung open and the Duke stood there.
He saw Shimona and said quite calmly,
“The house is on fire. Go downstairs and out into the garden.”
He did not wait for her answer, but turned to run along the passage and she knew that he was going to warn The McCraig.
She noticed that he was still wearing his evening clothes and knew it could not be as late as she had thought, as he had obviously not yet gone to bed.
She moved out onto the landing and looking over the banisters saw a turmoil in the hall where men were moving pictures and furniture out of the sitting rooms.
Alister also in his evening clothes was directing them through the open front door.
Shimona was just about to descend the staircase when there was the sound of panic-stricken vo
