Accordingly, when Sarah came up with the morning meal, Miss Dane promptly addressed her:
"Sarah, is your master in the house?"
"Not at present, miss."
"Do you expect him?"
"Oh, yes, miss! He comes every day."
"Is he coming up here no more until I send for him?"
"I think not, miss. He is a great deal too polite to force himself upon a lady."
A glance of withering scorn from Mollie.
"He is a cowardly, contemptible tyrant, and you are a vile, lost creature and fool! But that is not what I wanted to say. As soon as he comes, tell him I wish to see him."
"Very well, miss."