Ilitta stared at him.
“Are you saying you think they are good?”
“Very good indeed, in fact outstanding!”
For a moment she still stared as if she thought that he was teasing her.
Then she clasped her hands together and said,
“I cannot believe it! Are you really saying this to me?”
“I think your picture of the horse is a brilliant effort to depict movement and the same applies to the study of the rabbits. I am just a little nervous of the way you use your talent on human beings!”
Ilitta smiled and it seemed to illuminate her face as if there was a light inside her.
“I have told you that I see you as a Royal and what could be more complimentary than to be likened to the King of the Moors?”
“I appreciate that,” the Duke said. “Equally you are a woman and nobody of importance will like
