“Then they will be disappointed,” the Marquis said firmly, “and so will you! I am not taking you back to England until I am sure that you love me as much as I love you and I need no longer be afraid of letting you out of my sight.”
“And – where are you – suggesting we should go for our – honeymoon?”
She knew even as she asked the question that he had already planned it.
“My yacht arrived at Marseilles today on its way to Monte Carlo,” he answered. “I have telegraphed the Captain to have everything ready for our arrival.”
“You were quite – confident I would – agree to – marry you?”
“If you refuse, I can always lock you in the dungeon again until you agree!”
Trina gave a little laugh and then she countered,
“I was trying so hard to escape so that, when you unlocked the door, you would
