”
“Say that again, Lucy, so that the rest of them hear it. ’
‘Grateful? Certainly I am grateful,’ Melusine snapped, knowing full well she
sounded anything but gratified. The horror of those few
minutes was still with her. It was hot and dry. She had hardly noticed the loss
of her dagger, so strong had been the waves of relief that attacked her on hearing
that Jack had returned from death’s door. ’
Grasping the lantern, and heedless now of the discomforts of the passage,
Melusine flew like the wind back towards the library, the vision of Jack
Kimble’s white face driving her on. She held it by the
neck and broke the end of the bottle on the hard dirt. Spurling and Marvel rose too. ‘It is seldom enough I am visited by anyone at all, let alone a
personable young redcoat. A short flight of steps brought him to a dark passage, into which he plunged. Hugging him
in the beautiful dress in front of the teenagers was
strangely soothing to her. They seldom arrive on the beach. Sheppard, if you please, Ma'am," interrupted the lad; "I allow nobody to
call me Jack. I had to sell out, you see, when my father
died, for the estate is in my hands.
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