“It is – not too – late. I am not – married to the – King.”
“But you have to marry him.”
“Why? When I – love you?”
“Because our love can have nothing to do with it.” “Our love?” Zosina asked. “Do you – love me a little?” The Regent did not reply and after a moment she said, “Tell me – I have to – know.”
“Of course I love you!” he said, as if the words broke from his lips. “How can you expect me to feel anything else when everything about you is so perfect?”
He drew in his breath before he went on,
“It is not only your beauty that made my heart beat from the moment I first saw you, but your sweetness, your charm, your clever little brain and above all because we understand each other.”
“That is why I love you!” Zosina cried. “You understand as – no one has ever – understood before an
