On his knees - I

Joyce woke up from her nap after forty-five minutes. Unlike what she had expected in the beginning, she had fallen asleep quite quickly.

It happened after she had cried for a few minutes before she slipped into a good sleep. Thankfully, it had come quickly.

Now she just stared at the clock in front of her. By now she was sure that everyone was back in the house. What she was not sure about was, whether they knew or not, about what had conspired behind their backs.

The servants would not have known about it anyway. They were paid nothing but just do what they were asked to. Margaret and charles would have been the same. Charles would have known but Adrian did not involve seven a lot of things so ..

She had a feeling that Daphne would know. She was the only one who could possibly ask Adrian about what was going on and the man would answer. He felt obligated to.