"No more running away," he insisted. "That's past and done with."
She gave him a fleeting smile. "I couldn't if--if I wanted to."
"I'm glad you realize that," he said.
She clung to him suddenly with a little movement that was almost
convulsive. "Oh, are you sure--quite sure--that you wouldn't rather marry
Rose de Vigne?"
He uttered his careless laugh. "My dear child, there are plenty of
Roses in the world. There is only one--Daphne--Daphne, the fleet of
foot--Daphne, the enchantress!"
She clung to him a little faster. "And there is only one Apollo," she
murmured. "Apollo the magnificent!"
"We seem to be quite a unique couple," laughed Eustace, with his lips
upon her hair.
CHAPTER XXX
THE SECOND SUMMONS
When they went down the hill again to the hotel, Dinah felt as if she
were treading on air. The whole world had magically changed for her.
Fears still lurked in the background, such fears as she did not dare to
turn and contemplate; but she herself had stepped into such a blaze of
sunshine that she felt literally bathed from head to foot in the glow.
Her dread of returning to the old home-life had dwindled to a mere
shadow. Sir Eustace's absolute confidence on the subject of his
desirability as a husband had accomplished this. There would be paens of
rejoicing, he told her, and she had actually begun to think that he spoke
the truth.
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