Finally, when he raised his head, he said in a voice that was curiously unsteady,
“I love you, my beautiful one! I love you more than I can ever say in words and I think perhaps you love me a little.”
“I – love you with – all of me,” Giselda answered. “I love you with my heart, my mind and my soul – there is no one in the whole world but – you.”
Her words seemed to vibrate on the air and the Earl drew her close again and his kisses were more passionate and almost fierce in their intensity.
Giselda felt as if the whole universe was filled with music and with a light that came from Heaven itself.
She had no idea that the touch of the Earl could evoke sensations she had not known existed and that his arms around her could make her feel safe from everything, even fear.
Her love for him s
