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She pulled a face but held her tongue for a fraction of ahis command allowed her some leeway “Understood,” she told him

“Good girl Off with you, now” He patted her calf and then pulled her skirt around her boot

She looked back as she weaved her way out of the woods How had he found her? Had he tracked her? Why? Well, it didn’tthat he had

~ Nine ~

IT WAS A frustrating business, the h for Felicia

Breathless, she had asked the stableboy to walk her horse and to re front shoe Then she ran to the back entrance of the inn and found Hodgings in the kitchen

In clipped and disjointed sentences, she poured out her ings on the move

“Whot is all this ye say?” Hodgings said after her diatribe

“Help, you must fetch help Glen Ashton says—”

“Well, why didn’t ye say so? Mr Ashton needs the ht then,” said the innkeeper

As he took off, she went upstairs to Scott, who up in bed She plopped onto the corner of the bed and gave him a full rendition of this latest affair

He scowled at her and said, “Dash it, Felicia … I should be in on this”

“Well, no sense scowling over what can’t be helped” She sighed “You haven’t touched your lunch”

“I direct you to look at it and tell me, if you can, what it is?”

Morih I don’t knohat it is, but I aood for you”