Now she could see it for herself she found that it was all fascinating.
So much so that she did not speak and the Duke turned to ask her why she was so quiet.
“There are no words to express what I am feeling,” she replied. “I only wish I could write a poem or a song to describe what we are seeing on either side of us.”
“I expect we will have plenty of songs when we reach Tiflis. As far as I remember, there was always noise in the streets and endless music in the Palace.”
It took them just seven hours, including a short stop for lunch, to reach Tiflis.
As Alnina had expected, it was a very attractive little City in what was described in books as the ‘glowing lowlands’.
Now at last she could have the first glimpse of the towering mountains.
She felt a thrill run through her and was al
