Revenge Is Sweet by Barbara Cartland

Author:Barbara Cartland
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781782137542
Publisher: Barbara Cartland Ebooks ltd
Published: 2015-10-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

As the Marquis finished speaking, he walked slowly and with dignity from the room.

He did not look back at Valessa, but she felt the vibrations of his anger emanating towards her like a tidal wave.

She felt as if her head was filled with cotton wool and her legs were not her own but very slowly she managed to pull herself off the bed.

As she did so, she looked down at the Marriage Certificate where Sarah had thrown it and thought that it could not be true.

Sarah had said that a Special Licence had been signed by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Parson who had married them was genuine.

Valessa felt herself shiver.

Then, when she managed to reach the door, she found herself in the corridor where her bedroom was situated.

There was nobody about although she could hear a number of people laughing and talking downstairs.

When she walked into her room, she found that there was no maid waiting for her, but to her surprise she saw a large trunk by the wardrobe.

The trunk was open and she could see that the gowns Sarah had given her had already been packed.

She thought with horror how every detail of this degrading charade had been thought out.

They had anticipated that the Marquis would leave as soon as possible and, because they were married, he would have to take her with him.

She wanted to refuse to run away, but she thought that if she did so he might perhaps force her in front of the servants to obey him.

It was difficult to think or to plan what she should do.

She looked at the clock on the mantelpiece and saw that it was not yet two o’clock in the morning.

This meant that if the Marquis wished to leave when it was light she would have to wait for over four hours.

She felt utterly and completely exhausted.

It was difficult to walk, let alone think, so she undressed and got into bed.

The milk that had been left for her the previous night was on a table by the bedside.

When she had drunk some of it, her throat did not feel so dry. But she knew the drug was making her stupid.

She fell asleep almost at once.

It seemed only a few minutes before the maid’s voice beside her said,

“It’s six o’clock, miss, and ’is Lordship wishes to leave in ’alf-an-hour.”

For a moment Valessa could not understand what was happening.

Then she remembered.

“I must get up,” she said, speaking more to herself than to the maid.

“I’ve brought you some breakfast, miss. You’ll feel better after you’ve ’ad a cup of coffee.”

Valessa had the idea that the maid thought that she had drunk too much the night before.

Then, when she saw the white gown lying crumpled on the floor where she had thrown it, she could understand what the woman was thinking.

Somehow it did not seem to matter.

All she wanted was to get away and never see Harry Grantham or Sarah Barton again, who had tricked her as well as the Marquis.

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