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when she was seventeen.”
“You are Marie-Louise’s brother, though, aren’t you?”
she asked, puzzled. She had been sure Marie-Louise was
older than him.
“I am her half-brother,” he said. “My mother was
Greek, a Lillitos. Her mother was French. Marie-Louise
is five years older than me.”
“Oh.” Kate considered the information for a moment,
then went back to Pallas. “Does Pallas know you love
her?”
“She knows I wish to marry her,” he said quietly. “I
have not, of course, approached her alone. It would not
be fitting.”
Kate almost reeled with hilarious incredulity. “I can’t
believe it!” she exclaimed. “You talk like a Victorian
novel!”
He flushed. “You are laughing at me,” he said.
“I’m sorry, but I can’t help it. No wonder Pallas was
so awkward when you arrived!”
He was silent for a moment. Then he said, ?
?You think
she does not like me? Finds me unattractive?”
She looked at him, embarrassed, and saw the hurt
look in his brown eyes., “Look,” she said frankly, “Pallas
is a modern girl. She doesn’t want to be married off like
a prize cow. She wants to ...” she gestured vaguely, “live
her own life.”
“And I am not part of the life she wants?” he asked
quietly.
“How do I know? How does she know, when she’s
