“Why do you ask me such a thing?” he asked.
There was a strange note in his voice that had not been there before.
He was still standing several feet from her. She tried to look at him, but it was impossible to do so. Instead she closed her eyes and raising her face a little, she said in a voice he could hardly hear,
“Please . . . kiss me . . . please . . .”
pleaseIt was a plea that came from the very depths of her being and she thought as he did not move, that he would reject her. Then suddenly he moved – not to take her in his arms but to reach out his hand and take hold of one of hers.
“Come!”
He pulled her forward, and to her astonishment, Theola found herself moving across the room beside him. He opened the door and they passed the sentries.
Now they were walking so swiftly that
