LISA LISTENS Someone turned up the light.

"I'll leave you together," said Lord Mountstuart; and the door was closed.
"What could that mean ?" I wondered.

I had supposed the two men had come in alone, but there must have been a third person.

Who could it be?
Had Lord Mountstuart been arranging a tete-a-tete between Di and Ivor Dundas?
The thought was like a hand on my throat, choking my life out.

I must hear what they had to say to each other.
Without stopping to think more, I rolled over and let myself sink down into the narrow space between the low couch and the wall, sharply pulling the clinging folds of my chiffon dress after me.