What had he meant, she wondered, by saying that her mother should have told her what was meant by marriage? And all the other things he had said about not having hysterics and letting her husband do what he wanted tonight seemed suddenly to repeat themselves over and over in her mind.
Then it struck her that perhaps being married to the Duke not only entailed becoming his Duchess and playing hostess to his guests but he would ask something more of his wife.
She had never thought for one instant when she had asked him if he would marry her instead of Caroline that he would expect any sort of intimate relationship between them.
Elfa was completely innocent for the simple reason that the relationship between a man and a woman had never been discussed with her nor did her special dreams tha
