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“It’s breathtaking. I didn’t know it was so old…. All those years building it. I must get a book about it.”

“I have several at home. You must borrow one.”

Fran stood up and he stood up with her, which put her at an instant disadvantage, for she had to look up to his face. “You want something, don’t you?” she asked. “I mean…” She hesitated and blushed. “You don’t—you aren’t interested in me as—as a person, are you?”

“That, Francesca, is where you are mistaken. I should add that I have not fallen in love with you or any such foolishness, but as a person, yes, I am interested in you.”

“Why?” She spoke softly because there were people milling all round them now.

“At the proper time, I will tell you….”