“I have already gathered that is in your mind and in Newman’s,” Lord Templeton answered. “As I have said, I will surrender to those who are organising my life for me, which I can readily assure you is something that has never happened to me before.”
“Oh, please don’t resent it,” Amina begged him.
“Actually to tell you the truth I am finding it rather amusing and something new which may be very wonderful indeed – for me.”
He said the last two words after a slight hesitation.
Amina looked at him as she did not follow his train of thought.
“What I am really saying,” Lord Templeton said in a very quiet voice, “is that I don’t want to lose you when I return to London.”
“I still don’t understand,” Amina said after a little pause.
Her eyes were very wide as she looked up at him.
She was s
