"It's really good.

And I want you to hear it first of anyone." Roger smiled down at her.

He was obviously pleased.
"Of course I must hear it first," he answered.

"I'm your lawful lord and master, remember." "Not yet ?" she objected hastily.
He threw his arm round her and pulled her into his embrace.
"No.

But very soon," he said.
"You won't beat me, I suppose--like Mrs.Pike's husband ?" she suggested teasingly, with a gesture towards the room where Lady Gertrude and Isobel were closeted with the woman from the village.
His arm tightened round her possessively.
"I don't know," he said slowly.