She did not dare to put into words, even to herself, what she thought had happened.
Yet she knew it had.
But she must wait.
Wait until he could see what he was longing to see and what she was longing to hear.
Only when she reached Elizabeth’s room did she hesitate for a moment.
Then, as she walked in very quietly expecting to find her cousin fast asleep, she found to her surprise that the candles by her bed were still lit and she was not asleep.
John had carried her upstairs over an hour ago and there had been a housemaid to help her into bed.
“You are supposed to be asleep,” Colena said as she walked towards her.
“I don’t feel at all sleepy now I am here,” Elizabeth replied. “Actually I wish that I had stayed downstairs and I am surprised that you have come up so soon.”
“John did
