Foreword
127 Words
A HEART IN HEAVENRoderick smiled down at her with a tenderness that filled her with joy.
“Dear little girl, you are so young and you think the world is so simple.”
“If two people love each other, then the world is simple,” Louisa protested.
“I wish I could live in your world,” he said wistfully. “It sounds such a pleasant place, where only love matters. But the real world is a hard place, my d– ”
He drew a sharp breath and checked himself.
“Yes?” she cried wildly, “what were you going to call me?”
“Nothing, I – nothing.”
“That is not true. Why can’t you say it?”
“You know why. I am a servant. You are a great lady.”
“I am not a great lady. I am a woman. I want to be loved and I want to give love back. Can’t you feel that? Can't you sense it?”
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