SHE GAVE A FAINT GASP
“Death to the traitors,” said Burleigh impressively. “They must perish, as must all who are traitors to England and to England’s queen.”
Francis waited to hear no more. Her father to be taken and tried for treason? That would mean death. She must warn him.
She ran quickly to the other end of the balcony, and swung herself over the balustrade. Hastily she made her way through the grounds to Lord Shrope’s lodgings, bursting in upon that astonished nobleman just as he was about to partake of his dinner.