Chapter Seven“That is what happened,” Ilouka said. “I promise you it is the truth and there seemed to be nothing else I could do.”
She had told the Earl exactly what happened from the moment her stepfather had said that Lord Denton was coming to stay and Muriel had insisted that she was not to be at The Towers when he was there.
She felt that the Earl looked a little sympathetic as she explained how jealous Muriel was of her.
When she went on to describe how, after the stagecoach had turned over and Hannah and Lucille Ganymede had been crushed to death, she thought that his eyes hardened and there was a tight line to his lips.
Because she was nervous she faltered and stumbled over the part where she had not only wanted to help Mr. Archer but had felt it would be a relief not to hurry o
