It was a very different emotion from what he had ever felt before for any woman.
Then, as he went on looking at her, he realised that Charles had left the room and they were alone.
He put his arms round Kyla and drew her, almost roughly, close to him.
“I love you!” he said. “I love you so much that I feel a century will pass before you are my wife.”
“You are really quite certain,” she said a little hesitatingly, “that you are not – making a mistake?”
“I have never been so certain of anything ever,” the Earl answered. “I know that we were made for each other. We are not two people but just one, my darling. Tonight I will explain to you exactly what that means.”
Kyla moved a little closer to him.
“How can I have – been so – lucky?” she asked. “I prayed that we might – be saved and the
