Rhoda turned quickly. Had the possibility of her going been discussed, then, in the servants’ hall?
“Yes, I’ve been here such a long time that my father and mother want to see me,” she said, trying to speak brightly. “You wouldn’t begrudge them a sight of their own daughter, would you?”
“Not just a look at them, I wouldn’t begrudge you that,” he said. And then he called, “Nurse!”
The girl came back into the room.
“What is it, Master Caryl?”
“Ask my father to come and see me, please.”
Rhoda bent quickly to kiss him again, but he detained her, clinging to her.
“You must wait, you must wait a minute,” he said feverishly.
And the touch of his hot hands made her shiver.
“If you want me to say good-bye to Sir Robert and Lady Sarah, I have just done so,” said she.