He did not speak and she asked at length in a low voice,
“You are – pleased?”
“Delighted!” he answered. “And I think as they have no name they should be called after you.”
Samala gave a little gasp. Then she asked,
“Do you mean that – do you really mean it? It is the loveliest present you could give me! Thank you – thank you!”
The Duke turned to look at her and, as her face was tipped up to his, he had the feeling that because she was happy and pleased by what he had said, she wanted to throw her arms round him and kiss him.
It struck him that this was an appropriate moment when he should kiss his wife for the first time, but, even as he thought of it, there was an interruption and he was aware that Higson was approaching them.
“What is it, Higson?” the Duke asked.
“The Baroness vo
