“Tell the Reverend Mother,” he said again, his eyes hard with decision.
She turned and went out without a word.
Ralph found the interview with the Abbess even more difficult than he had expected.
Once her face twitched with tears; but she drove them back bravely and faced him again.
“Do you mean to tell me, Mr. Torridon, that you intend to take your sister away?”
Ralph bowed.
“And that Dame Martha has asked to be released?”
Again he bowed.
“Are you not afraid, sir, to do such work?”