“What is your toast?”
“Tomorrow!” he replied. “When I take up my life again.”
“I think I am frightened of tomorrow,” Calista said. “Staying here has been like living on a small island in a little world of our own with nobody to encroach upon us.”
“Has that made you happy?”
“Yes, I have been happy. It has been wonderful to feel free, to have nobody scolding or finding fault and – ”
She gave him a smile that illuminated her face.
“ – to have two such superb horses to ride.”
“So we come back to the horses,” the Earl said dryly. “But you have forgotten something very important.”
“What is that?” Calista asked.
“Me!” he replied. “What I really want to know, Calista, is if you have been happy with me.”
“I have,” she answered. “Very happy! I so enjoy talking to you. I like hearing all th
