“You – know I will do – that.”
“I have always found you very truthful,” he answered, “so tell me, did you want to come back because of the house or because you wished to see me?”
She was so surprised at his question that she turned her head to look at him and found herself held spellbound by the expression in his eyes.
They sat looking at each other and Lord Ravenscar persisted,
“Answer me, Romara, it is important.”
“I – wanted to – see you,” she replied, barely above a whisper, as if she could hardly obey his command.
“How much?”
“V-very – much. I-I missed – you.”
“As I missed you.”
Her eyes widened and yet, because he held her spellbound, she could not prevent herself from asking, as he had,
“How – much?”
“That is one of the things I want to tell you,” he said. “One of the rea
