“I did not say I met you!”
“But that is what you were thinking and I was thinking exactly the same. It is something we cannot argue about because it definitely happened and ever since then I have been searching for you.”
Because of the quiet way he spoke and because again there was a note of sincerity in his voice that made it impossible for her to know how to refute him, Loretta said quickly,
“You are breaking your promise.”
“What promise?”
“That you would show me Paris.”
“That is what I intend to do, but there is no hurry. We have this evening and the rest of our lives in front of us, so it is easier to talk about ourselves.”
“It is not easy for me,” Loretta objected, “and anyway, I don’t understand what you are saying.”
“That is not true,” the Marquis contradicted. “You understa
