Chapter 181

• Elizabeth spent the next half hour pacing about her sitting room, undecided as to what she ought to do.
• Although the idea of ringing Andrew had seemed fairly reasonable in the heat of the moment, now she wasn’t so sure. Besides, she couldn’t deny she was apprehensive about Almeric’s part in all of this. The last thing she needed was her uncle wading in in her defence and making things even worse.
• If only she could be sure Almeric had been lying when he’d said he could prove Connie was his daughter. And what if he hadn’t? What then?