“You are discovered?” she stammered.
He ran a hand through his tumbled hair with the old arrogant gesture.
“Yes, my return has leaked out somehow the last few days, and although it hasn’t appeared in the papers as yet, the exciting fact seems to have spread rather swiftly.”
Within her lap Claire’s gloved hands tightened upon each other. “Are—are you glad, Alexis?” her voice faltered.
He laughed oddly. “Am I human, Claire?”
“Yes, yes, I know! But don’t you dread having them find out?”
He looked at her in angry bewilderment.
“Find out what?” Could she be alluding to Anne?
“Why, that you have forgotten how to play,” she murmured almost in tears.
He sprang up and loomed over her with the air of a young god. His hands upon her slight shoulders, he shook her gently.