“Oh – Peter – Peter!” I cried.
It was all so unexpected, something I had never dreamt might happen and I didn’t know what to say, I could only put out my hands towards him.
He took them in his and raised them to his lips one after the other.
Then he rose to his feet.
“You are very beautiful, Samantha,” he said, “not only because of your lovely face, but you are nice, kind and completely unspoilt. I hope that one day we will be able to be friends again, but in the meantime I shall pass through a very unpleasant hell on my own until I can become used to not seeing you.”
“But – you mustn’t go away – like this – ” I began.
He put two fingers on my lips to stop me speaking.
“Don’t say it, Samantha,” he said. “We both know that I am doing the right thing, for while I’m in love with you, y
