“Your – prayers?”
“I prayed to every God you and I have ever talked about, and, naturally, as I am half Greek, I prayed to the Gods who lived on Olympus with the Goddess of Love amongst them.”
His arms tightened round her and once again Titania felt rapture moving through her body.
The King continued, “
As if it was a voice from Heaven, I was told what to do.”
“What – was – that?”
“I cabled my Ambassador in London and told him to send me your mother’s family tree.”
Titania stared at him in astonishment.
“But why?” she asked. “And what has – it to do with – us?”
“I was not really sure, but it was what I was told to do by a Power greater than myself.”
With his arms around Titania he drew her a little nearer to his desk.
“This is what arrived this morning,” he said, “and it has jus
