Innocent in the Regency Ballroom: Miss Winthorpe's Elopement / Dangerous Lord, Innocent Governess. Christine Merrill

of a tall man might be.

      Then she heard his body shift, and his steps retreating down the hall, and the opening and closing of the bedroom door beside her own.

       Chapter Ten

      When she woke the next morning, she found herself listening for sounds from the next room and hoping for a knock on the connecting door. Surely Adam would come to her as soon as he was awake, and explain his behaviour the previous evening?

      But she heard only silence. Perhaps he was a late sleeper, or simply did not wish to be disturbed.