Because he had been thinking of Lorena, the Duke was not really surprised to find her already in the family pew.
As the Vicar showed him into the special seat carved with his Coat of Arms and he sat down on the red velvet cushions, he saw that Lorena, with her head tipped upwards, was looking at the beautiful stained-glass window high above the altar.
She was wearing a thin muslin gown for, although it was early in the morning, it was already quite hot.
On her head was the turned-back hat that she had travelled in that gave her a very young appearance and looked somewhat like a halo.
She did not look at the Duke and, wondering if she was really aware of his presence, he thought again how unpredictable she was.
He could not imagine being alone, even in a Church, with any other woman an
