Dark Masquerade
“Celestine was flushed and laughing, and a trace of humor lingered about Bernard’s mouth.
The other girl looked up and saw Elizabeth standing at the bottom of the stairs. Something like triumph flashed across her face before she asked, “Has the dinner bell rung?”
When Elizabeth told her that it had, Celestine pouted.
“See there,” Bernard told her. “I told you it was near one o’clock. Next time you will believe me.”
“He thinks he is clever because he can tell time by the sun,” Celestine confided to Elizabeth, but from the slant of her eyes Elizabeth could see that she meant to flatter Bernard.
He laughed, but gave no sign that he recognized the compliment. “We will be in the cook’s black books if we are late.”
“That would be a shame, no doubt,” Celestine said as he hurried her up the stairs to freshen up.
“Yes, indeed.
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