Chapter 23: Lydia Is Threatened

Lydia woke at half past seven to find herself covered in a blanket that was not hers, in a chair she did not remember sleeping in, and Cecilia at the writing desk with the particular stillness of a person who has not moved in several hours and does not intend to explain why.

"You stayed up," Lydia said.

"I sat up," Cecilia said. "There is a distinction."