C10 Chapter 10

Tancred woke her so early that the rooster hadn’t even crowed yet.

“If you can manage it we’ll be on our way now,” he whispered. “I’ve paid and Mum and Dad have probably been sitting up all night waiting for us.”

“They’re bound to feel worried. Yes, of course I can manage.”

But she was not able to at all. All she could manage was to wrap herself neatly in her blanket