Dorinda stood looking up at the stars and suddenly she thought how wonderful it would be if she was Letty, going out to marry the most attractive man she had ever seen in her whole life.
She knew if that was to be her future she would at this moment be sending out her thoughts to him, believing that they would wing their way across the seas to where he was waiting for her.
They would already be close to each other in their minds, even while their bodies were still far apart.
She imagined herself talking with Maximus Kirby and listening to him.
Then before she could prevent it she found herself thinking of him taking her in his arms! She started away from the idea, shocked at the point that her imagination had carried her to.
‘How can I even think such a thing?’ she asked herself.
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