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‘Keep your distance,’ Marguerite hissed, ‘or I warn you, I shall scream.’

Jack lunged for her, pulling her close against his body so that she could not strike him, and clamped his large hand across her mouth.

‘You waited too long, ma’am. Don’t be afraid. I will let you go, but only if you promise not to scream. And if you tell me what you have done to Herr Benn.’

She responded by sinking her teeth into the fleshy part of his thumb.

‘Argh!’ he gasped, instinctively pulling his hand away. She was still pressed firmly to his chest, but she was opening her mouth to scream at the top of her lungs.

There was no help for it. He kissed her.