Captivity: The Third Day

           Feltonhadfallen;buttherewasstillanothersteptobetaken.Hemustberetained,orratherhemustbeleftquitealone;andMiladybutobscurelyperceivedthemeanswhichcouldleadtothisresult.

           Stillmoremustbedone.Hemustbemadetospeak,inorderthathemightbespokento—forMiladyverywellknewthathergreatestseductionwasinhervoice,whichsoskillfullyranoverthewholegamutoftonesfromhumanspeechtolanguagecelestial.

           YetinspiteofallthisseductionMiladymightfail—forFeltonwasforewarned,andthatagainsttheleastchance.Fromthatmomentshewatchedallhisactions,allhiswords,fromthesimplestglanceofhiseyestohisgestures—eventoabreaththatcouldbeinterpretedasasigh.Inshort,shestudiedeverything,asaskillfulcomediandoestowhomanewparthasbeenassignedinalinetowhichheisnotaccustomed.

           FacetofacewithLorddeWinterherplanofconductwasmoreeasy.Shehadlaidthatdowntheprecedingevening.Toremainsilentanddignifiedinhispresence;fromtimetotimetoirritatehimbyaffecteddisdain,byacontemptuousword;toprovokehimtothreatsandviolencewhichwouldproduceacontrastwithherownresignation—suchwasherplan.Feltonwouldseeall;perhapshewouldsaynothing,buthewouldsee.

           Inthemorning,Feltoncameasusual;butMiladyallowedhimtopresideoverallthepreparationsforbreakfastwithoutaddressingawordtohim.

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