She drank it all and almost immediately the pain ceased, but once again she felt intolerably sleepy and knew nothing more –
*
She awoke, heard a clock chime and realised that it was twelve o’clock midnight.
She remembered it had been the early hours of the morning when she had rung for Mrs. Forse.
A sudden thought struck her, so extraordinary that she could hardly credit it and yet what other explanation was there?
She had missed a whole day!
With an effort she forced her brain to think back remembering the pain that had gripped her, the milky drink that Mrs. Forse had brought with her and which had sent her to sleep.
Why had Mrs. Forse brought the drink into the room with her?
It was strange, very strange, Clola thought and now suddenly, unaccountably, something else came back to
