Sirensong
“Alys and Raymond came home for dinner, and Alys, trembling with renewed terror, crept to her father’s door. She heard an oath, followed by a hearty burst of laughter and flew through the antechamber to the bedroom doorway. There her relief and joy were confirmed. Her father and Lady Elizabeth were playing chess, and from the look of the board, he was being soundly beaten.
“Papa,” she cried, “you are all right.”
“Of course I am all right, you silly chit. Do you really expect me to be murdered by... my own servants if you and Raymond are out of the keep for a few hours?”
“No, but—but you said your head ached, and you looked so strange, and Elizabeth got all pale… I thought—I thought…”
“I am so sorry, dearling,” William said contritely, realizing for the first time that he had frightened his daughter when he sent her away. “I had been wakened suddenly and I was—er—cross and—er—” He glanced at Elizabeth, but her face was wooden with suppressed laughter, which did not help in the least.MoreLess
“Papa,” she cried, “you are all right.”
“Of course I am all right, you silly chit. Do you really expect me to be murdered by... my own servants if you and Raymond are out of the keep for a few hours?”
“No, but—but you said your head ached, and you looked so strange, and Elizabeth got all pale… I thought—I thought…”
“I am so sorry, dearling,” William said contritely, realizing for the first time that he had frightened his daughter when he sent her away. “I had been wakened suddenly and I was—er—cross and—er—” He glanced at Elizabeth, but her face was wooden with suppressed laughter, which did not help in the least.MoreLess
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