CHAPTER SEVENIlesa and the Duke patted Che Che again and then they walked towards the gate that led out of the enclosure.
The cheetah followed them and Ilesa looked back at him.
“I think he knows that we are worried,” she observed.
“I am sure he does,” the Duke answered.
They closed the gate behind them and started to walk quite quickly back through the orchard.
When they reached the Herb Garden, the Duke stopped.
“I think,” he suggested, “that we ought to go into the house separately.”
“Of course, that is sensible,” Ilesa nodded.
She thought how clever he was at thinking of everything and looked up at him with shining eyes.
“I love you,” he said in a very deep voice, “and you know how much I am worrying at the moment in case you try to escape me.”
“I will – not do – that,” she s
