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Either that or a cat burglar

Her face appeared in the open“I don’t think anyone heard,” she whispered “Can you get up by yourself?”

He nodded “As long as theis already open, it’s no trouble” He’d done this before, several times, when he’d been a schoolboy, home on holiday The exterior as h spots, with outcroppings just long enough to wedge his foot Add that to the one knobby bit he could grasp with his hand…

He was inside in under twenty seconds

“I’ back out the

“You’re i himself off

“Anyone can bring flowers,” she said with a shrug

“Are you saying all a ?”

She looked back out the“Well, he’d have to do a bit more than this Two stories, at the very least”

He shook his head, but he couldn’t help but smile “You said that the diary reen?”

She nodded “I wasn’t entirely certain of theroom Or maybe a study But she did mention a small, round ”

“The baroness’s office,” he decided “It’s on the second floor, right off the bedroom”

“Of course!” She hispering, but her exciteh “That would make perfect sense Especially if she wanted to keep it from her husband She wrote that he never visited her rooms”

“We’ll go up the main stairs,” Gareth said quietly “We’ll be less likely to be heard The back ones are too close to the servants’ quarters”