CHAPTER TENIt was a long time later that Celina opened her eyes.
At first she did not know where she was, except that she was in a room she had never seen before. She tried to turn her head, but her neck was painful.
Then to her astonishment she heard Robin say gently,
“Are you all right, darling? Speak to me if you can.”
Darling? Had he really said that word?
He was looking down at her, his eyes full of anxiety.
“Tell me that you can hear me,” he begged.
Now Celina remembered what had happened. Pierre Vallon had leapt through the window and seized her. He had drawn a knife, but her husband had thrown open the door and hurled himself into terrible danger to save her.
After that she had known no more.
She wanted to ask him a million questions, but her throat was very painful and it
