Chapter FiveEugénie woke Melita up by coming into her room and saying urgently,
“M’mselle! M’mselle!”
She started and realised that she had dropped off to sleep again.
It was not until long after dawn that she had fallen into a fitful slumber as she found herself dreaming of Léonore and the drum.
Now, heavy-eyed, she stared at Eugénie and asked in a drowsy voice,
“What is the – time?”
Before Eugénie could answer, she sat up quickly, saying,
“I have overslept! Oh, I am sorry! I must get up at once!”
“Trouble, m’mselle. Bad trouble!” Eugénie said.
“What has happened?” Melita asked.
Eugénie burst into a flood of explanation in her broken French which was difficult to understand, until finally in horror Melita realised what had occurred.
Rose-Marie had awakened very early to go into
