No new note appeared that day. I was glad of it, but I didn't know what it meant. Was it that Hardley was satisfied? Or was it Lucas, accepting my message? Or were one or other of them simply biding their time? I left the curtains open again that night. Almost unconsciously, I had formed a plan over the course of the day to find out more about my husbands intentions. That was the general idea anyway. I was not content to just sit around and wait to see what would happen. Besides, if even Hardley did not know that, it would give me the upper hand if I did.

 My open curtains again ensured that I woke early the next morning. I blessed the fact that my chamber faced east, it had proved invaluable. I was now a mistress of sneaking around the house and it did not take me long to...

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