chapter twoZorina and Rudolf wandered through The Palace and they were not talking about what was around them but of themselves.
He paid her many more compliments and all of them made her blush.
Equally she found herself unexpectedly telling him stories about her life and how dull it was to be living amongst so many old people.
She also said that there was no one for her to play games with or to go for long walks in the countryside as she would like to do.
They were just little things and yet he seemed to be interested in everything that she had to say.
There were at times long silences between them and yet she was very conscious of the fact that he was standing beside her.
At length they stopped in a window overlooking the garden and there seemed to be no reason to go on pretending
