CHAPTER SIX“I am listening,” the Earl said, “but I think that you would be more comfortable if you sat on the bed.”
Vanora did as she was told and sat down a little way from him.
This meant that he could see her silhouetted against the moonlight and she looked even more ethereal than she usually did.
The Earl was now sitting up almost straight against his pillows.
Vanora began slowly,
“I was thinking that the Morgans said they were going to leave soon after breakfast. If it was possible for you to delay them by offering to take them somewhere for the morning, I could put the real Holbein back in its frame and the fake in their bag.”
The Earl made an exclamation, but did not interrupt her and Vanora went on,
“Also, if the books are wrapped up, I could change the two precious ones for
