It was a long journey and yet it seemed to pass like a flash. The servants brought delicious food to their compartment at their first stop and waited on them and, when the train went on again, they talked about themselves and found that there was so much to hear, so much to listen to and so much to learn. By the time they reached the exquisite little Palace, which stood on the borders of a silver lake, Sita knew that she was even more in love than she had been before. It was not until after dinner when again they talked over the past and looked forward to the future that she felt a little shy. She loved him with every breath she drew, with every word she spoke and yet she knew how inexperienced she was about love. When she was undressed, he came into her bedroom where the four poster

