Chapter FourteenWhen Serena awoke, the summer sun was high in the sky, its golden rays streaming brilliantly through the partially curtained windows of her casement.
The whole room seemed golden and she lay with her eyes half-closed, letting the loveliness of it seep into her consciousness so that it was some seconds before the events of the night came crowding back on her.
Then she stretched her arms high above her head and sat up.
She felt exceedingly well and refreshed. The hot posset which Eudora had brought her and which had sent her speedily to sleep had taken the chill from her limbs and brought her a dreamless slumber with no nightmares.
Now in perspective with the sunshine warm on her face it was easy to forget her misery and tears and to remember only that she had outwitted L
