With another baby on the way, Emma didn’t want to delay her return too long and find the journey more difficult. Sigrid and her children were still in residence, although her husband had left the day after the funeral, citing pressing business at home as the reason why he could not stay longer.As for Rupert, Ariadne saw him at dinner each evening and then for cards, or some other entertainment, after the meal. But they never seemed to spend time alone and he still had not come to her room at night.She thought about confronting him and demanding to know exactly where their relationship stood. Was their affair over? Had he decided he wished to end their engagement as well? But then she would remember that he had just lost his father and that he was in mourning.In the end, she held her tongue and said nothing.So she was surprised on the sixth evening when Rupert drew her momentarily aside, using the excuse of everyone arranging themselves into whist teams to have a private word.“Meet me later tonight in the library,”
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