Chapter 5The following day, the Duke thought, was filled with Anoushka’s laughter.
To his surprise there were so many things that amused her, since he had never thought of them as being in the slightest degree funny.
First she had found the Champs-Éysées as alluring as did any of the children who flocked there every morning.
Green and picturesque with great private mansions scattered amongst the trees, it provided also numerous sideshows with Punch and Judy, roundabouts, miniature carriages drawn by goats and stalls selling toys, gingerbread and balloons.
The Duke realised as he watched Anoushka’s eyes shining and listened to her exclamations of joy and the sound of her laughter that this could not have been part of her childhood.
He longed to ask her questions, but he knew if he did
