“It is a different thing from noticing my face and the real me.”
“I soon found the real you!”
“I wish I had known,” she said with a sigh. “I was so convinced that – nobody would ever – notice me that I took no – trouble over myself.”
“I am aware of that,” Clint said in an amused voice.
Alita clung a little closer and then she turned her head to kiss his shoulder.
“How could – you have been so – clever as to realise that I could look – very different?”
“I looked at you not only with my eyes,” he answered, “but with my heart.”
“Please always do – that,” she begged, “and then your heart will tell you how – much I love you.”
“Are you sure of that now?” he enquired.
“I did not know I could – feel as if we flew on wings high into the sky or dived deep down into the sea. It was so perfec
