Lucky in Love

he knew when she came back to the drawing room that she was nervous and still upset by Waldo

who wished to be her lover.

Of all the other women he had ever known, and there had been a great number of them, Lord Harleston had never for one moment suspected that a woman he fancied would not respond

As he thought about it, he remembered that Waldo had said the same.

“I will teach her to love me,” the young man had said

He wanted at that moment to put his arms round Nelda, hold her close to him and tell her not to be afraid and he would protect her against Waldo and any other men who approached her

Nelda, but his second was an emotion that he had never experienced before, which he was honest enough to admit was jealousy

Yet now he knew that his first instinct had been to knock the young man down because he was touching

feeling he had ever known before

But for the moment he was thinking that, as he had watched Waldo kiss Nelda, he had experienced a very strange sensation that was different from any

I love you!” he murmured. “Don’t you forget it

Goodbye, Nelda,” he sighed. “Remember what I said to you.”

She did not look at him, but replied in a low voice,

“I will – remember.”