Suddenly he came to a standstill and for the first time she heard her captor speak.
“Open the door!”
It was an order given in a low voice.
Then, so suddenly that she screamed, she was flung onto a floor.
The cloth that had covered her was jerked away from her body.
“Keep quiet!” a voice said harshly. “If you make a sound, you will be silenced in a manner you will find most painful!”
As the man finished speaking, he closed the door.
Sedela found herself in complete darkness and for a moment she was too frightened to move.
Then she heard the man speaking.
She knew that he was just outside the door he had slammed shut.
She could not hear what he was saying and with an effort she rose to her feet.
Putting out her hands in front of her she moved a few steps through the darkness.
Her
