She drew in her breath and once again he gently lifted her face up to his.
“I want to remember what you look like at this moment. I want to keep it with me in my heart when I am far away from you. I love you, Camilla, and because I love you I will let you go untouched and unspoilt to another man.”
She wanted to cry out that she wanted above all things to be in his arms, to feel his heart beating beneath her cheek and to know that he had the power to waken within her a sudden ecstasy that was beyond description.
Then, as he released her, she could only remain staring up at him dumbly, conscious that there were no words to express either her love for him in or her fear of what life would be without him.
“Now I will take you back,” he said. “If anyone sees us, they will think you have com
