A Frame of Dreams by Barbara Cartland

Author:Barbara Cartland [Cartland, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780709069522
Google: FogwPQAACAAJ
Amazon: 0709069529
Publisher: Robert Hale
Published: 1975-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

"That is a clever argument, but you know perfectly well that they may be like you, but they are certainly not like... me!"

"Why not?" the Marquis asked.

"Because we live in worlds apart."

"There are, however, two things which provide a bridge between all worlds, however different they may be," the Marquis said.

"What are they?" Vanessa asked curiously.

"The first is beauty," he replied, "and you are very beautiful, Vanessa, and the second is love!"

There was a note in his voice which made her quiver and because she was so vividly conscious of him sitting beside her and the fact that his shoulder touched hers she looked away.

She stared out the window, although there was little to see except an occasional flare from a linkman's torch or the lights of a passing carriage.

"I am not going to talk to you tonight," the Marquis said after a moment, "but there are many things we have to discuss, Vanessa."

"What sort of... things?" she asked.

"Things which concern you," the Marquis replied, "and incidentally myself."

He knew that her eyes widened a little as if in surprise, but she did not turn her head and after a moment he said:

"I think we have been happy together these past days—I know I have."

"They have been wonderful! Absolutely wonderful!" Vanessa said impetuously.

Now she turned to look at him and realised with a little shock that his face was nearer to hers than she had somehow expected.

She looked up at him and her eyes were held by the expression in his.

Despite the candle-lantern they both seemed to be but mysterious shadows inside the carriage, and there was a strange feeling of excitement rising inside Vanessa which she could not quite explain.

She only knew it was difficult to breathe and there seemed to be a constriction in her throat that had never been there before.

Yet there was a warmth and a wonder creeping over her which made her feel as if the curtain were rising on a stage where she and the Marquis stood alone.

"I think it was fate that we should meet," the Marquis said in his deep voice.

"Fate?" Vanessa questioned.

"Fate that you should come to my room that night at the Inn," the Marquis answered.

"Fate that I should have felt compelled to see you again. Fate that because we have meant something to each other these last few days, you should have saved the Prince's life."

He paused and then asked:

"Did you for a moment, Vanessa, think of going "for help to anyone but me?"

"No, of course not," she answered.

"Have you asked yourself why?" he enquired.

She was still for a moment and then she answered a little incoherently:

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