Lorna was rather cowed already when she read got the message. It reminded her oddly of whenever she managed to make her parents angry, it was that same sort of stirring in the stomach that made you want to run and hide somewhere.
She hadn't meant to do anything wrong, of course intent or not, she had messed up, and she was more than aware of that.
She knocked on the door lightly, hoping that he wouldn't hear it and she could go back to her room and hide herself in a book or something.