I waited until he was asleep and
then I tied him up with some duct tape and some old
rope he had in the shed. Sir John looked about him, and somehow the
laugh died away. ‘I rather suspect,’ added Prudence, ‘that Major Alderley’s motives were
somewhat different. It was still
too dark for reading, but she could see well enough to note the number of the last
page—fifty-six. I
cannot think he will welcome a French émigré for his granddaughter. You can if you will. His instinct
was in the direction of considering his daughters his absolute property, bound to
obey him, his to give away or his to keep to be a comfort in his declining years
just as he thought fit. If my Mom found out, she’d kill me. She will cry for days and nights together. What a mercy that the blow aimed at her by the ruffian,
Wild, though it brought her to the brink of the grave, should have restored her to
reason! Ah! she stirs. And, if Rachel had not carried a candle, the room would have been
plunged in total darkness.
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