How Does the Duchess Look After She Lets Belinda Take a Turn in the Chalet?

When Belinda finishes, she looks at the Duchess's face. Rocky Flintstone writes that the Duchess looks totally shattered: makeup ruined, immaculate hair everywhere. Jamie, James, and Alice say that is also how they feel hearing it. Belinda hauls her upright, and the Duchess drops back onto the bed. To Belinda's surprise she falls asleep at once. Belinda wonders whether she is free to leave, then has one of the few ideas in Belinda Blinked. She picks up the discarded yellow handcuffs and fastens them around the Duchess's ankles. The hosts greet that as a rare moment when something in the plot actually changes.