Only after dinner, when they talked about everything that was happening in Kostas and read Georgi’s letters did Thea finally relax.
It had all passed off so much better than she had dared to hope.
Yet she wondered what they would feel tomorrow when she confessed that she had been married to a commoner without their permission.
‘Perhaps they will forgive me,’ she thought hopefully.
Then she knew, as far as her father was concerned, that was most unlikely.
Because her mother always went to bed early, Thea retired to her bedroom soon after dinner was finished.
“Goodnight, Mama,” Thea said, kissing her affectionately.
“Goodnight, my dearest, I am so happy to have you home again.”
Her father said much the same and this made Thea feel even guiltier.
“I shall have a great deal more to sa
