Chapter FiveFelicita awoke early and walked down the stairs.
The servants hurried to fetch her breakfast and she knew that she would be alone in the breakfast room.
The Duchesse had said last night that she was tired and would not be called until late on in the morning.
Felicita was glad, although it seemed ungrateful, because she did not want to talk.
She thought when they left The Palace last night that she was in a dream.
She had then dreamt of the Marques all night and felt that he was still standing beside her and smiling.
When they came back from the terrace, they had stopped to listen to the fine music of the small orchestra.
Somehow even when they were not talking to each other, she felt certain that she could fully understand the Marques’s thoughts.
She felt that he too kn
