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CHAPTER SIX

“Stop this carriage,” Rose deh the silence so sharply that Barnaby jolted in shock

“Oh, God,” Barnaby swore “Don’t start that again”

His groan was insulting; his put-upon sigh even nored him

“Just stop the carriage Look!” She coht

Barnaby followed the direction of her hand It took him a moment to see what she had noticed When he did, he ie

“Is it them?” sheThe fouracross the horizon would not be able to hear her They were at least half a mile away

“I think it is safe to assume that it is,” Barnaby replied He studied the darkness over his shoulder and tried to shake off the deep sense of foreboding that settled over hiet off this road”

“Can you see so but impenetrable blackness

“No Itinto position to try to intercept us further down the road I don’t doubt another group is corowled

“What do we do?”

“Stay calm” His tone was far sharper than he had intended He forced hio forward or back without being accosted by someone so we have to think of another way out of this area”

“We can’t ithout so,” Rose protested when she watched him eye her dress “It is pitch-black out here We will break our necks”

“Keep your dress covered,” Barnaby ordered with a nod to her bright skirt clearly visible in the dark “Cover it over with the cloak”

Rose i the loose folds of the cloak over her knees, and waited to hear what he wanted to do