Amina giggled.
“Thank you for those kind words. When I talked of acting on the stage, I never thought that it would be like this.”
“All I can say to you is so far so good,” Sir James answered. “I will go downstairs and read the newspapers, which I fortunately brought with me, until the shop people arrive.”
As he turned towards the door, Amina said,
“I cannot help thinking that this is only an excuse to make me the ordinary woman you have always wanted me to be.”
“How do you know I wanted that?” he asked. “In fact to be honest with you I find ordinary people, whether they are men or women, to be dull. In my work and the people I meet every day, I find many are stimulating and just as romantic and unusual as you have always wanted to be.”
Amina stared at him.
“Do you really think it’s
