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All ers not wish to help her? Were they afraid? She could see her father de that even to the Beringers he would be a tyrant Maybe he even offered a reward greater than what he was already offering She couldn't i anyone, so the reward see to interferre Could it be that Señora was bound by outdated and yet hare? She couldn't see that either as the Beringers her moral character than that of her father! And ould Dominic and his mother want to meet her father? Was is that they doubted what she told them? Or was it that they felt compelled to answer to her father for why they took her in?

A guest, Señora Beringer had called her She feltexecution!

She finished her letter and put it in the drawer of her s other than her typical pesant dress, so more akin to what she would have worn on a daily basis at home and went downstairs to discover the house elass room, but then was stopped in her tracks when she heard voices coh aand saw that the Doarden with Rose no appetite for food or conversation, she used the front entrance and wandered airassy knoll in the lakeside et the sight of Dominic and Rosemary out of herwhat Do her mood She picked a spot secluded by the trees and lay down on the grass to avoid the brunt of the chill air

"Hello, Alannah"

Alannah looked up in surprise to see Rose towards her Rosemary's eyes had a faraway look, and she seated herself beside Alannah, unusually thoughtful and silent

"Dominic has told me about your predicament I never knew he had a cowardly streak in him"

A little worm of fear seemed to stir in Alannah heart at the mention of that word "What on earth do you mean Rosemary? I don't think Dominic a coward"