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“My pleasure.”
It was an automatic response, but he couldn’t fail to catch her wince.
“Hopefully not,” she muttered when he turned back to his packing.
Logan didn’t know whether to laugh or curse.
“Did you actually see our pursuers?” she asked.
“Yes, when I went out to use the necessary. I was about to cut across the yard when three men rode in, their horses lathered up. It seemed suspicious this early in the morning, so I lurked about to see what they were up to.”
“You’re rather large to be lurking. Are you sure they didn’t see you?”
“Lass, I excel at lurking. No one saw me.”
She grabbed her boots and socks. “And are you sure they actually referred to me by name?”
“Miss Haddon, I hear as well as I lurk.”
She grimaced and went back to dragging on her boots. “What time is it?”
“Going on seven. Hamish is still on duty, and he’d just commenced a gabfest with our unwelcome visitors when I snuck back here.”
“Oh, that’s not good.”
“Yes, the old boy doesn’t strike me as discreet. He’ll be happy to describe who arrived at the inn last night.”
Donella stomped her foot down into her boot and straightened. “So, what do we do?”
“Since we can’t go waltzing out the front door, I’m off to do a little more skulking to see if we can make it out through the back. If not, we’ll have to use the window to make our escape.”
She regarded his proposed exit with a dubious eye. “Are you sure you’ll fit? You are rather large.”
“I’m aware of that.” It would appear that large men were not her type, which he found rather irritating.
She was a nun. She doesn’t have a type.
“I’ll manage it,” he added, “but I would prefer the back door.”
“How are we going to get to our horse?”
“We’re not.”
Her eyebrows shot up. “We’re walking?”
“Yes. We’re going up into the hills.”
“But—”
“Donella, we can discuss the plan once we get out of here, all right?”
Her lips thinned, but then she gave a terse nod. “What do you want me to do?”
“I suggest you take the chance to use the chamber pot, since we’ll be leaving as soon as I return.”
She winced. “I must say this is turning out to be the most embarrassing episode of my entire life.”
He flashed a smile as he headed to the door. “Chin up, lass. Just think of it as a grand adventure.”
