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'Do not make ive way in the face of overwhellish ree ‘In our case I think the succuerness to make you mine' If that was clu his idea of finesse!
'The evening ended precisely as I had always intended it should end I had waited long enough for you to conquer your shyness And I was pleased to find out that you are not at all shy in bed You are earthy and generous I liked your frank delight in our coupling, the sounds you ht of you cli so sweetly under me—'
'Jack!’ Elizabeth's cry was a scandalised whisper In spite of the fact that the servants had withdrawn she blushed at the thought that his bold voice ht carry
'What? I am too unsubtle for you, rey stare 'You hide so much from me, but this you cannot hide, thank God Passion does not belong only in bed That is for nant professors If you stay, I will teach you that passion belongs in every room of the house and that it is a full-blooded shout of victory rather than a whisper of shame Whatever else happens between us, we can have this'
It sounded utterly wonderful
She took a deep breath and picked up her passport He straightened in his chair and she saw that he was not as confident as he sounded
She put the passport in her bag, trying not to look at the three books cushioned in tissue-paper which resided accusingly there
‘I'll stay,' she said defiantly, and then te herself to put a definite date to the end of this reckless enchantment but unlike her last love-affair this ti it in a mist of rosy optimism
He seeravely satisfied with her less than passionate declaration, treating her as tenderly as if she had just laid her heart at his feet And perhaps she had, she thought glumly
They swa caly, some distance away from Jack's
He had grinned wickedly at her confusion when she had realised that the adjoining door in her room led only into a thankfully modern bathroom
'We must observe the proprieties, er 'Grandpère is old-fashioned in his expectations of the behaviour of his guests, even if they happen to be family We dress for dinner and if we aren’t ht to our secret liaisons in the approved romantic fashion'
'Does he know—?'
'That we are lovers?' He rescued her from her embarrassment ‘I did not tell him so, but for all his years he is a very shrewd old ave his'
She wished he would give her such a hint As it was she could only allow herself to assuhly developed hunting instinct—the excitement of pursuit followed by the triumphant climax of capture