I thought that he was dead. To be ill and helpless. She wanted
to scream, but there was no one to scream for. She turned into the study, sat down at the table and fingered the pencils,
curiously stirred. He was a shy boy
outwardly but she knew him better in his thoughts, in
which perhaps she had already taken upon the role of
lover. Her aunt went off at a
tangent. “It was just an hour before teatime,” she remarked. "
"You are heiress to the Trenchard property," rejoined Jonathan, "one of the
largest estates in Lancashire. I had
special ways of getting out of the basement without them
noticing, and often I could smuggle a child or two out for
160
the day and they were never the wiser. ’
‘What, for not wanting to marry you?’
‘Imbecile. “What night will you dine and go to the theatre with me?—and how
about Hurlingham on Saturday?”
Anna shook her head. ‘We were wondering about
that.
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