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And to think of all the tossing and turning she had done the last few nights, worrying about whether she should forget her doubts and scruples this weekend and succumb to the te-in-the-er way he had acted, he had obviously hoped for the saht she was in the middle of a secret adulterous affair with another man In his

sophisticated world, such a ht be commonplace, but not in hers

The black dress was replaced by a bewitching yellow silk teddy androbe—which she blushed to admit she had packed in anticipation of David's admiration—and Clare ruthlessly scrubbed off herback to her lonely room The trouble was, she didn't feel in the least like sleep She wanted to have a good rage or a good cry, and couldn't decide which would be ht, in fas She ached for the lost innocence of loving only Lee After a great deal of pacing andhump in the bed

'At least I've still got you, Uncle Julian Looks like it's just going to be the two of us'

At first the knock on the door was so tentative that she hardly heard it She hesitated, and decided it couldn't be David David, particularly in the mood in which she had left him, would never be tentative She knew that some of the staff and parents were still up and about because she had heard chatter and the clink of crockery in the kitchen

It was David

'What do you want?'

He smiled as tentatively as he had knocked, and Clare had a very clear iht to say those things I lost lad you decided to come back here'

The hint of satisfaction in the soft words stiffened Clare's spine 'It's late and I'' She tried to close the door, but it wasn't a sheep's hoof that sla, flat hand to the dark Slavonic face

'Clare, please My o down on an argument'

'It's nearly o,' Clare pointed out tartly

'If you let me in, I'll explain—'

Clare thought of the luhtened her hand nervously on the doorhandle 'In the ' Unfortunately her voice wavered and she could feel a blush sneaking up her throat David's eyes sharpened He tried to look beyond Her into the rooap in the door to prevent him The sheepskin slid to the floor and the wolf, or rather the bear, showed its savage teeth

'What are you trying to hide, Clare?'

'Nothing' Her flushyellow silk