Captivity: The Third Day

           Feltonhadfallen;buttherewasstillanothersteptobetaken.Hemustberetained,orratherhemustbeleftquitealone;andMiladybutobscurelyperceivedthemeanswhichcouldleadtothisresult.

           Stillmoremustbedone.Hemustbemadetospeak,inorderthathemightbespokentoforMiladyverywellknewthathergreatestseductionwasinhervoice,whichsoskillfullyranoverthewholegamutoftonesfromhumanspeechtolanguagecelestial.

           YetinspiteofallthisseductionMiladymightfailforFeltonwasforewarned,andthatagainsttheleastchance.Fromthatmomentshewatchedallhisactions,allhiswords,fromthesimplestglanceofhiseyestohisgestureseventoabreaththatcouldbeinterpretedasasigh.Inshort,shestudiedeverything,asaskillfulcomediandoestowhomanewparthasbeenassignedinalinetowhichheisnotaccustomed.

           FacetofacewithLorddeWinterherplanofconductwasmoreeasy.Shehadlaidthatdowntheprecedingevening.Toremainsilentanddignifiedinhispresence;fromtimetotimetoirritatehimbyaffecteddisdain,byacontemptuousword;toprovokehimtothreatsandviolencewhichwouldproduceacontrastwithherownresignationsuchwasherplan.Feltonwouldseeall;perhapshewouldsaynothing,buthewouldsee.

           Inthemorning,Feltoncameasusual;butMiladyallowedhimtopresideoverallthepreparationsforbreakfastwithoutaddressingawordtohim.

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