I decided to ignore the knocking on the door, but it got more urgent, so donning my dressing gown I slowly made my way down the darkened stairs, calling out as I went, "ok, ok."<br/><br/>On reaching the door I asked, "who's there?" a little voice replied, "please sir, I have a message from Madame for you." I opened the door to find a lad standing there, he was shivering will the cold of the early morning air, he handed me a note. I put my hand behind him and ushered him in.<br/><br/>By now the staff was awake and as if by magic they appeared in their night clothes with candle in hand, the maid piped up, "sorry sir, we didn't ... " I waved my hand in the air to silence their chat, "Get this boy some warm milk and make sure he gets fed," I opened the note.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Dear Mr Novelle<br/><br/>Please come immediately,<br/><br/>Annalise</span><br/><br/>I ran to my my room calling out for William as I went, I threw on my clothes as William appeared in my doorway, rubbing his eyes, "get dressed man, get dressed"