Pepita could not help smiling.
“It seems impossible in this day and age that any man should hate us so violently because of something that happened over a hundred years ago.”
“You will learn that and that time does not count,” Torquil replied. “The battles that we were involved all in happened yesterday and our grievances do not grow less over the years but intensify.”
“It seems foolish and unfair.”
“That is the English point of view.”
“What is yours?” Pepita enquired.
“All you need to know,” he answered quietly, “is that you are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen and that I want to protect you from all the consequences that your beauty will cause. I have a feeling that your beauty will be far more dangerous than your nationality.”
Pepita laughed as if she could not help it.
