CHAPTER SEVEN
Gilles paced around the empty room. This truly was the most difficult part of the plan. He began to think idly that he should have not given in to Murielle and gone to Darloque himself. At least he would have something to occupy his time and keep his mind focused. He considered. There would also not be the feeling nagging him deep inside his heart that this was not the right thing to do. It bothered him further that he had let his wife’s stubborn willfulness win out over his own better judgement.
Again, he added. She had her own mind and as long as he had known her, she was not afraid the argue with him. Even when they were courting, she showed her own mind. Many women, he had observed, put on a good act of complacency before clamping down on their young husbands. In some c
