Venetia must have come straight from the court to their offices and she had been in a dangerous mood Something or someone had upset her But the word upset was too weak too bland for the intensity of furious disgust with which she had confronted him Someone had driven her to the limit of her endurance He cursed himself If he hadnt been in his room if hed only left a minute earlier the encounter wouldnt have taken place she would have had the night to think it over to consider what if anything she ought to do Probably nothing The morning might have brought sense He remembered every word of her angry accusations