SHE DANCED ALONE IN THE EMPTY BALLROOM AFTER MIDNIGHT-UNAWARE THE DUKE WAS WATCHING

become small under lines. I have watched how you speak to the old butler and the old gardener, and I have watched how you love the flowers you arrange. And once, in a room where you thought yourself alone, I watched you dance.”

Vivien closed her eyes, then opened them again. She was still sitting in the chair by the door with her hands folded in her continue reading …