Rose in the Bud
“She sent down a message that she would be with him in ten minutes, and when she stepped out of the lift and her cases appeared in the charge of a couple of porters the expression on his face registered something almost like relief, as well as highly flattering pleasure.He gripped both her hands and held on to them for a few moments before he carried one up to his lips and kissed it, and then with his black eyes gleaming he spoke softly.“At last!” he exclaimed. “I cannot tell you how delighted I... was when Bianca told me she had induced you to change your mind, and that you were coming to stay with us! It seemed almost too good to be true ... quite wonderful, in fact!”Cathleen blushed self-consciously, and she also looked rather acutely embarrassed.“I can’t think why,” she declared in answer. “It’s I who am very grateful to Signorina di Rini—”“Bianca,” he corrected her swiftly.She flushed again, and echoed him awkwardly: “Bianca ... for being so kind as to insist that I accept her invitation.MoreLess
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