But to Elizabeth he was perfection!
He was her first love and she could talk of no one else.
When they went to the balls or assemblies that took place every night in St. Petersburg, she looked only for Ellico and, if he was not there, the evening no longer held any interest for her.
Natasha, having spent her life with much older men and having as yet no knowledge of love or its effect on lovers, could not help feeling that both Elizabeth and Ellico were too young to be married.
But there was no doubt as to the sincerity of their affections.
She was surprised to find how little Elizabeth knew about running a house, how ignorant she was of the world outside the glittering candle-lit Palaces and the artificial life led in them.
Had she any idea, Natasha asked herself, what it would be l
