She was aware as she did so that Lord Warburton was watching her.
When she saw the books, she knew that there were some ‘old friends’ and others she had been wanting to read for a long time.
She saw a book of the plays of Sophocles that contained his play, Ajax.
She opened it and was at once so immersed in reading one of her favourite passages that she started as Lord Warburton spoke.
She found that he had moved without her being aware of it and was standing just behind her.
“What do you find so interesting?” he enquired.
As if he had been her father asking the question, she replied,
“I was reading what I think is appropriate to what is happening to us,
Let the dawn ride in
On silver horses lighting up the sky.
The winds abate and leave the groaning sea
To sleep awhile.”
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