“Of course you are – wrong!” Tarina said, “and I consider the fact that you should think such – things about me – insulting and – humiliating!”
“Have you asked yourself how you are so sure that was what I was thinking?” the Marquis asked. “And how I know, Tarina, exactly what you are feeling now?”
She did not answer and after a moment he said,
“Once again I am saying – what can we do about us? How can it be possible for us to leave each other when there is so much more to discover?”
“We – must not – talk about it,” Tarina said quickly.
“Then what am I to do?” the Marquis asked.
Tarina said the first thing that came into her mind.
“You asked Be – Lady Bradwell to – come as your guest on this cruise and she – thought it was because you – intended to ask her to – marry you.”
“To marry
