Then, with what seemed to be a superhuman effort, he pushed her back onto the bed.
She screamed and screamed.
He threw himself violently on top of her and for a moment he almost made it impossible for her to breathe.
Then she felt him tearing at her dressing gown.
She screamed and screamed again.
She heard her nightgown tear and felt him pulling it away from her neck.
It was then that the door of the bedroom burst open.
“What the devil is going on in here?” she heard her stepfather demand furiously.
Yolanda howled again.
Mr. Garrack quickly realised what was happening.
In two strides he reached the bed and pulled Cecil Watson off Yolanda’s body.
As Watson tried to struggle, he hit him hard on the jaw and he fell to the ground.
Mr. Garrack then picked up Yolanda who was still sc
