“Have they gone?” she asked breathlessly.
“Yes, they have all gone and you were marvellous.”
She looked up at him.
Without even thinking he put his arms round her and pulled her against him.
Then his lips found hers.
As he kissed her he knew it was entirely different to any kiss he had ever given or received in his whole life.
Her lips were very soft, gentle and unspoilt.
He kissed her for a long time before he raised his head and as he did so she said in a whisper he could hardly hear,
“I love you. How could you ever be so kind and so wonderful to me?”
“And I love you, Vita. I have never known anyone who could be so brave in such difficult circumstances.”
Then he was kissing her again.
Kissing her as if he had been waiting for ever for the ecstasy that swept through him.
Now
