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‘Er, no—I’m not,’ she said quickly ‘I’ if her next statement would make his interest fade ‘I’m…I’m the chambermaid actually’

The charoaned aloud—because the ie, soft bed And her in it, rather thanonto crisp sheets and hiht on top of her It was the e he had experienced in years and he shifted his weight very slightly in a dooroin

‘Really?’ hejob?’

Cathy’s eyes narrowed suspiciously Was hea very necessary job which carried with it zero status? And yet he looked interested She gave him the benefit of the doubt ‘Well, it can have its ain ‘Honestly, you wouldn’t believe souests leave behind!’

‘Such as?’

Priether ‘I couldn’t possibly say’

He laughed ‘A loyal chambermaid,’ he murmured

‘Professional discretion,’ she agreed ‘And at least it’s a job which gives me plenty of free time’

‘I suppose there isthat she would not have dared speak to him in such a natural and unaffected way if she had been aware of his identity

‘Yes’ She opened her rounds which surrounded the hotel and all the secret places you could find to daydream in About the scented haven she had created in her own little garden, but then she changed her o, she told herself Go before you make a fool of yourself Because haven’t you done overtime in the fool stakes recently? You’ve just been left by one hten away another