Paulina turned her head so that her cheek was against the Prince’s shoulder.
“When you first kissed me,” she said, “I felt as if you carried me up to the – stars and now I know we are – part of them. We are no – longer on earth.”
“That is what I feel too. Oh, my wonderful, perfect little wife, how could I have ever thought that you were out of my reach?”
“I did not know – love could be so – wonderful.”
“I have made you happy?”
“So very – very happy and – you are not – disappointed in – me?”
He gave a little laugh.
“How can you imagine I could be when everything about you is perfect? A perfection that I thought I would never find.”
Paulina moved even closer to him as she said,
“You know I am very – ignorant about love, but when you – made love to me, I felt as if you – gave me the
