Then, as he decided that the meat despite its unusual taste was edible, he ate every scrap of it.
“He then sniffed around the floor of the trap, as if he hoped that there was some more.
Amalita knew then that the experiment had failed.
If the port was as dangerous as her instinct had told her it was, the rat would now be showing some signs of being affected by it.
Then suddenly and without any warning the rat turned over on its side.
For a second Amalita could not believe it had actually happened.
The rat did not move and she knew that it was dead. It seemed incredible that it should have happened so fast.
At that moment the door opened and the Earl came in.
Without thinking and without considering in any way what she was doing, Amalita ran to him.
She flung herself against him.
