“I feel – shy.”
He smiled at her.
“Come, I think this is the beginning of our adventure, the first step forward, and neither of us knows what lies ahead!”
*
It was difficult for Selina afterwards to remember everything that happened. It was all so exciting.
They had dined in the large dining room of the hotel, which looked out over a garden that was bordered by the little River Oos running beside the beautiful Lichentaler Allee that the carriages drove down in the daytime.
It was, however, too late for Selina to see much that evening and she was frantically hungry after their long ride and the fact that they had lunched very lightly.
The food she ate was delicious and included what Quintus Tiverton told her were among the specialities of the Black Forest, deer pâté and a soft creamy
