CHAPTER SIXAldora was drifting into a dreamland that seemed to merge with her thoughts.
She had, before she went to bed, been thinking of how happy she had been during the day.
It had been exciting to be able to talk to the Duke without interference or without anybody thinking it strange that he should waste his time with anybody of so little importance.
She was well aware that the sophisticated beauties he amused himself with would have laughed scornfully at the way they argued with each other on a dozen different topics as he lay in a deckchair in the sunshine covered by a warm rug.
To Aldora it seemed very hot, but she was sensible enough to be aware that, as he had lost so much blood, he would still be feeling cold on even the warmest day.
It was the first time that the Duke had d
