We'd better have a party if you feel up to it."
She looked at him with kindling eyes. "I'm up to anything. I should love
it. Do you think Lord Saltash would come?"
"We must certainly ask him," said, the squire. "But you're not to work
too hard, mind! That's an order. Let people look after themselves'"
"I'll get Juliet to come and help me," she said. "She must have lots of
spare time. By the way, they'll be here to dine in another hour. I must
go and dress."
"Have some tea first!" he said. "They won't mind waiting."
She slipped her hand through his arm. "Come and have it upstairs! It
really is late. We'll have a cosy time together afterwards--when
they're gone."
He smiled upon her indulgently. They had grown very near to one another
during their cruise in the _Night Moth_. To him also their home-coming
held something of bridal gladness. He had never seen her so glowing with
happiness before. The love that shone in her eyes whenever they met his
own stirred him to the depths. He had never deemed her capable of such
affection in the old days. It had changed his whole world.
They went upstairs together closely linked. They entered Vera's room from
which she imperiously dismissed her maid.
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