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“He took you walking on the roof? That was how he meant to terrify you?”

Katharine stood in the middle of her chamber, still wearing Senet Gaillard’s cloak over her chemise, and stared at Magan in disbelief.

Magan, who was busying herself with arranging Katharine’s brushes and combs on a table upon which a steel polished mirror was set, said, blushing, “I know ‘tis difficult to credit, but Sir Aric was very kind. The moment we reached the roof he put me down and apologized…in a most heartfelt manner. He—he even knelt—”she blushed more hotly “—and took my hands and asked me to forgive him for any fright he may have given me earlier, at The Bull and Dog.”

Utterly shocked, Katharine sat down on her bed and kept staring. Ariette, standing across the room, stumbled to the nearest chair and sat as well.