Her gaze suddenly shifted to the study door, and with a bit of hopeful luck, she said:
"Elly, I have some work to deal with, why don't you go and play with William and the other child for a while."
He had thought Elly wouldn't be so easily dismissed, but after he spoke, there was suddenly no more sound from her.
But Adam Jones couldn't let his guard down, he knew his wife was always clever and wouldn't be so easily put off.
Even so, he didn't go over to open the door.
Elly was a doctor, and a single glance at his wound would let her know that his injury was no accident.
If he tried to fob her off with a few words, she would only think more deeply about it.
However, knowing that he had been the target of an assassination attempt would surely leave her too worried to sleep.
For now, he would wait for the doctor to come and stitch up his wound; as for Elly…
He intended to keep it from her for the time being.
