“Yes, you laugh because you have no heart and because you make me suffer——”
The next moment he walked up to her, gently passed his hand over her hair and tried to embrace her but she pushed him away——
“Don’t touch me—I know when you touch me you are thinking you are passing your hands over the Princess—”
Albert was still laughing softly and trying to remove her hands from her face.
“Don’t you come near me—don’t——”
He had succeeded in pulling her hands away from her face and in giving her a grazing kiss on her lips.
“Aren’t you silly, my sweet little Nonette (one of his endearing nicknames)”. “Look at me!” He was holding her face between his hands, trying to make her look at him, but she tightened her eyelids and pulled away from him.
“No, I won’t look at you until you stop loving that Princess——”
He laughed indulgently.
“What a child you are. You know I don’t love anybody but my sweet little kitten with those dear little dimples”—he kissed her on both cheeks, and catching her unawares, pressed a kiss on her mouth.