His voice was very moving as he went on,
“But it is right, completely and absolutely right, because I love you and because I know, even if you had not told me so, that you love me too.”
“How can you be – sure of – that?” Felicita asked him.
In answer he took her hand and, turning it over, put his lips against her palm.
It was a long slow passionate kiss.
Because it was something that had never happened to her, Felicita was at first surprised.
Then, as she thrilled to the insistence of his lips, he could see in her eyes what she was feeling.
He knew too that she drew in her breath, because it was difficult for her to breathe and her breasts were moving beneath the thin material of her blue gown.
He held her hand in both of his and asked,
“Now tell me what you are feeling, darling,
