Her cheeks burned at the thought.
‘Oh, Justin,’ she whispered in the silence of the room, ‘how greatly I need you – come quickly – quickly.’
Eudora came back with something in her hand.
“I met her Ladyship’s maid in the passage,” she said. “She said that her Ladyship had been perturbed to see how tired you looked at dinner. She had noted too that you drank nothing and she thought maybe you had contracted a chill on the journey. She sent this glass of mulled wine with her compliments.”
Serena looked surprised.
“It is unexpectedly considerate of her Ladyship.” Eudora snorted.
“Not before it’s time. If you ask me, she has thought things over and realised that her day is ended. ’Tis always better not to quarrel with the new Mistress of the house.”
“Actually I don’t feel at all tired,” S
