“Then you had thought of – marrying me before – today?” she asked unnecessarily.
“Yes!”
“When did you first – want me as your – wife?”
He hesitated and she knew that he was finding it difficult to answer her.
“I had not finished kissing you in the inn.”
“Yet you would have been content – never to see me again?”
There was a pause before he answered reluctantly,
“Actually as soon as I reached London, I sent a servant to the coaching yard to make enquiries about you. He was naturally asking for a Miss Morgan. While he was doing so, Miss Maldon walked into my library!”
“So the kiss was – wonderful for – you too!” Andrina whispered.
The Duke did not reply and she continued,
“You seemed to despise me – and everything I did made you angry.”
Again there was silence until the Duke said g
