The Cross of Love by Barbara Cartland

Author:Barbara Cartland [Cartland, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction - Romance
ISBN: 978-1906950293
Publisher: Barbaracartland.com Ltd
Published: 2014-10-22T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

"Thank goodness for you," John said somberly as they turned back into the house. "If you hadn't come in when you did -" He shuddered. "Rena I hardly recognised you, talking in that half witted fashion."

"But you understood what I was saying?"

"Yes. I would have been trapped. I can see it now, but then everything was strangely foggy. I don't understand it."

"He was weaving wicked spells around you," said Rena.

"That was exactly how it felt. All the time he was talking I knew there was something wrong, but I couldn't see what it was because my mind seemed to be full of cobwebs. It was as though he had mesmerised me. But then you came in and blew the cobwebs away."

He grinned. "You were brilliant. You sounded like the silliest woman in the world, not at all like my Rena."

She smiled. "Sometimes it's easier to say things if people think you're too stupid to be taken seriously. I didn't want to denounce him openly as a scoundrel in case you wanted to go along with his plan."

"You think I'd do that?"

"You need money."

"And you expect me to marry for it?"

"I expect you to remember that the village is relying on you," she said quietly. "But I'm glad you're not turning to Wyngate. He's evil."

"Yes, I felt that force in him too. But good vanquished evil." He gave her a tender look.

"For the moment," she said in a brooding voice. "But he will come back. He isn't going to give up."

She would have liked to tell him that Matilda had another lover, and would fight the marriage as strongly as they. But she had given Matilda her word not to speak of Cecil, so she contented herself with saying, "Matilda may give him a shock. She isn't as docile as he thinks. She's very much his daughter. She told me that twice, and it's true."

"Did she tell you anything else?"

"Nothing that I can repeat. But we're on the same side. Let's go and have some tea."

In the kitchen they ate the cakes she had prepared and she said, "Whatever possessed you to invent that story about my being your married cousin?"

"I was trying to be helpful," he said, aggrieved. "You were so worried about your reputation."

"But everyone knows me in this village. They know my name's Colwell because of my father, not my non-existent husband. Matilda didn't believe a word of it. And neither did he, I shouldn't think."

"Hang him and what he thinks! I'm sorry. That's just not the sort of thing I'm very good at."

"You're more of a man of action," she said, smiling and forgiving him.

"Definitely. When it comes to words I just tie myself in knots."

"You know," she said thoughtfully, "I think we should go out tonight, looking for coins. There's going to be a full moon, and you need to know your exact position. You might be a millionaire without knowing it. John?"

He was staring into space, but he came back with a start. "Sorry, yes we'll go out tonight.

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