Fascination in France by Barbara Cartland

Author:Barbara Cartland
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781782134237
Publisher: Barbara Cartland Ebooks ltd
Published: 2014-09-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Coming in together from riding they went chattering into the breakfast room.

It was the fourth day that they had ridden over the flat land and raced each other on the Racecourse.

Celita felt that every time they did so it was more enjoyable than the time before.

“You rode Petit Point very well today,” Clive said to Judy. “I can see he is improving every time you take him over the jumps.”

“I do try,” Judy smiled.

She looked up at Clive with an expression of love in her eyes that Celita thought was very touching.

At the same time they had been finding it difficult to conceal from Lady Hilton what was going on.

It would be a great mistake, Celita had warned Judy and Clive, if she found out and wrote to report it to Lord Waterforde.

“Yes of course! Papa would be furious!” Judy exclaimed with a little cry of horror.

“We will be very careful,” Clive promised.

Equally it was impossible, because they were in love with each other, not to reveal it. Every time they spoke or were close together their feelings seemed to vibrate one to the other.

Fortunately, Lady Hilton was so taken up with herself that she did not pay a great deal of attention to other people.

But as the days passed, Celita could not help thinking that he must be blind, deaf and dumb if she did not realise how happy Judy was and how radiant she looked.

“What are we going to do this afternoon?” Celita asked as she sat down at the luncheon table.

“I am waiting to ask our host,” Clive replied. “I am sure he has some exciting plan up his sleeve.”

The Duc enjoyed springing surprises on them.

Last night there had been a huge dinner party with more guests coming in afterwards and they had danced to an extremely good band in the music room.

The Duc had not said a word until they were going up to dress for dinner, when he had remarked,

“Put on your best clothes and your most comfortable shoes because you will need them.”

Celita stopped on the stairs.

“Are you saying in a roundabout way that we are going to dance?”

“We are,” the Duc replied. “And I shall be interested to learn if you are as light on your feet as you look or as heavy as a sack of potatoes!”

“I am not going to rise to that remark,” Celita said, “but I shall do my best to stand on your toes if they get in my way.”

The Duc laughed.

She thought how different he had become in the last few days since their arrival.

Then he had been extremely awe-inspiring.

Now he enjoyed teasing her and being so provocative in his remarks that automatically she answered him back.

“You may be very clever,” Judy confided in the Duc, “but you will never get the better of Celita. She always wins in an argument.”

“I refuse to accept that from a mere woman,” the Duc retorted.

Celita flung a silk cushion at him, then thought for a moment that perhaps he would be offended.

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