“Wh-why have you come – here?”
Her voice was barely above a whisper.
“I could not wait any longer! I had to see you!”
She drew in her breath at the note in his voice.
“Why?”
He smiled and it seemed to illuminate his whole face.
“I thought you might guess the answer to that.”
She was silent for a moment before she said,
“ – I was going to – m-meet you on the Racecourse.”
“I know that,” he said, “but I felt that the Racecourse was not the right place for me to say what I have to say.”
She looked puzzled.
“Wh-what – is that?”
He took a step forward and put his arms round her.
As his lips sought hers she seemed to melt against him and then he was kissing her as he had done last night in the carriage.
Now, as he held her even closer and her whole body was touching his, they were n
