He paused before he added,
“I am sure, if I ask him to, he will understand why it is essential.”
“You are so clever,” Thalia exclaimed. “Only you could realise that this would prevent there ever being any dispute about my being your lawful wife.”
“I thought you would agree. And the moment the Service is over we will leave for our honeymoon and will not listen to any protests, if there are any.”
He smiled at her as he went on,
“The wedding will be announced first in the Greek newspapers, and then in the English, French and German ones as well. I will see to it and afterwards it will be quite impossible for anyone to take you away from me.”
Thalia threw her arms round the Duke’s neck.
“I love you and I think you are the most fantastic man in the whole world,” she murmured happily agai
