As if the Duke, following the expression in her eyes, knew exactly what she was thinking, he remarked quietly,
“That is what I have begun to do, but, of course, my darling, I need your help and I cannot manage without it.”
Because his need of her gave her such a warm feeling of happiness, she put her arm round his neck to draw his face down to hers.
“You are just preventing me from taking you upstairs,” he said accusingly.
He kissed her lightly on the lips and then walked across the room.
As they proceeded down the passage into the hall, Ilina felt as if everything was shining with the light of happiness that seemed almost dazzling.
‘How is it possible?’ she wondered.
As if with the wave of a magic wand, the Duke had changed from the man she had hated and who had decided to make The
