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"No"

"I'm terribly sleepy"

No response

Caroline decided to try a different tactic "What do you suppose happened to the marquis?"

"I don't particularly care"

She blinked How odd Then she yawned again, unable to help herself "Is it your intention to scold ht as arn you that I'm really not up to it, and--"

"You're not up to it?!" he fairly roared

She shook her head and headed for the door There was no use trying to reason with hi I'm certain whatever it is that has you so upset will keep until then"

Blake caught a handful of the fabric of her skirt and hauled her back to the center of the roo your pardon"

"Just what the hell did you think you were doing tonight?"

"Saving your life?" she quipped

"Don't make jokes"

"I wasn't I did save your life And I don't recall hearing one word of thanks for it"

Heunder his breath, followed by, "You didn't save er your own"

"I won't quibble with the latter sentence, but I certainly did save your life this evening If I hadn't rushed out to Prewitt Hall to warn you about Farnsworth and his ten o'clock tea, he would surely have shot you"

"That's a moot point, Caroline"

"Of course it is," she replied with a disdainful sniff "I saved your iven the opportunity to shoot at you"

He stared at her long and hard "I aet involved with our work bringing your foruardian to justice"

Caroline remained silent

After a moment Blake clearly lost patience with her lack of response, so he demanded, "Well? Don't you have a reply?"

"I do, but you wouldn't like it"

"Goddaht to your own safety?"

"Of course I do Do you think I had fun risking ? I could have been killed Or worse, you could have been killed Or Oliver could have captured me and forced me to htmares about that last scenario for weeks"