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CLEARLY Mrs. Dean had no intention of being caught a second time unawares. 'In a minute,' she told them, in answer to their knock—her voice behind the door sounded scared. The minute became so prolonged that Verity slipped away to his bedroom for a candle to light their wait in the dark corridor. The laird did not appear and Stephen, in a glum, black mood, paced restlessly up and down.
'It looks damned bad for Toray,' was the only remark he had vouchsafed since they had left the Portcullis Room, wrapping himself in a stubborn, sullen silence which his companion knew better than to intrude upon. Inwardly, Verity was inclined to agree with Stephen. He had not forgotten Flora's disclosure regarding the violent scene which had taken place between d'Arenne and her father immediately on the
