“Shall I take it?” she asked. “Or will – you keep it safe?”
He had the feeling she was telling him that when he left her she would not try to run away again.
“I will do whatever you want, Magnolia. But rest, and try to sleep. We have a long journey in front of us tomorrow and I feel you will find there are a great many subjects to interest you and talk about.”
There was a smile on her lips and he thought a light in her eyes that were no longer frightened as she said,
“You will tell me about India?”
“Of course and, if we are to visit the Greek islands as your mother suggested we should, we should both polish up our mythology!”
Magnolia gave a little cry.
“Do you mean we might go to Greece? It is somewhere that has always fascinated me.”
“We can go anywhere you like,” the Duke replie
