[A Fascinating Traitor by Richard Henry Savage]@TWC D-Link bookA Fascinating Traitor CHAPTER XII 27/47
Then, ye'll both remember ye are not to sleep another night here! I'll give ye the whole day to say good-bye and to make up yere boxes.
There will be two four-wheelers here after yere dinner, and ye'll find the Royal Victoria Hotel suited to ye both, at St.Heliers.If ye choose to go, the morning boat takes ye to Granville.
Bring the maid here now! Do you linger, woman? I'll be obeyed and forthwith!" With flashing eyes, Justine Delande sprang up, facing the flinty-hearted old Scotsman.
"I will never abandon Nadine here! She will die in your cheerless prison!" she cried.
But the old pedant glowered pitilessly at the startled woman, who cried: "To turn me away like a dog--after these many years!" And her sobs woke the echoes of the vaulted room. "Hearken, my leddy!" barked old Fraser, "One more word, and I'll have the gardener put ye off the premises! The girl ye speak of is young and strong.
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