Chapter FourUpstairs in her bedroom Ilouka sat down on the stool in front of the dressing table and waited for the tremulous beating of her heart to subside and her breath to come more easily from between her lips.
She felt as if she had been through a deep emotional experience and it was hard to face normality and herself again.
She knew that she had never before danced so well or had put so much feeling into her movements.
She was aware that first it was because she was trying her best to help Mr. Archer since for his sake so much depended on her but also because she had been carried away by having an audience and especially the Earl.
It had not been her main objective to impress him, but because she wanted to help Mr. Archer, she had somehow stepped into the part so that she became
