Miss White walked slowly down the stairs on the arm of her fiance.
When they met in front of the servants' eyes – neither Candy nor Neil could say anything to each other-they only nodded in greeting.
Nervously, the girl touched the pearl beads in the necklace around her neck with her free hand.
"Pearls is a sign of tears..." she said for some reason when Gladys offered her this necklace and bracelet for a blue evening dress, although Miss White had never been superstitious.
"Oh, no, Miss Candice," the maid reassured her. "This is a sign of tears - only when worn with a wedding dress..."
But for some reason now her heart was restless, as if some kind of premonition... Stupidity!
Candy smiled and looked at Daniel.
His face was unreadable, most likely he was still angry.
Oh, yes, he was very angry.
"She made a fool of me! These whims… I didn't think Candy would do such tricks!" – thought Legan, feeling that after seeing his beloved again, he almost lost all his determination not to talk to her at all at dinner. Candy was so beautiful, she looked at him so touchingly with her green eyes…
But this is her act – threaten to go home, and even argue with him in the presence of strangers… Didn't she realize that his pride, his status as the future head of the Legan family, had been hurt?!
In private, she can behave as she likes, but this… And what didn't she like? And he has no one to consult with...
Nothing is clear!
Indeed, the more you care about a woman, the more dissatisfied she is.
Neil was frowning more and more when they sat down at the table, and Grandma Elroy's lectures did not add to his good mood.
"...And, of course, to observe decency... " her monotonous voice reached him.
" Can I have that salad? " Him beloved asked, and Neil barely saved the dryness in his voice.
"Yes, of course."
He handed her the salad, and their fingers touched.
Damn it!
Yes, he was rude to her. Terribly rude. He shouldn't have locked her up…
Of course, she was offended by him… What a pity that you can't go back to that moment and act differently…
"Madame Campbell will also be present at your wedding, and you have to…"
When will this dinner end! Then he would talk to Candy. He'll have to apologize to her…
But Madame Elroy probably hasn't had a chance to talk for a long time or, more likely, was very unhappy that Neil decided to leave the Andre estate so hastily, and she also heard rumors about a fight with this actor, so the old lady gently hinted that she wanted to see her grandson and his fiancee at tea and then, in the living room after dinner.
She talked and talked about various little things about the wedding, as well as how they should behave now – when the attention of high society is aimed at them-until she had a headache, and then in a categorical tone she sent Daniel with a valet and Candy with a maid to their rooms, carefully keeping an eye on, so that the betrothed are not left alone after dinner.
Thus, the lovers had to wait for the morning, and they were deprived of the opportunity to reconcile.
Candy was sitting at the dressing table and staring unseeingly into the mirror. Gladys had already helped her change into her nightgown and combed her hair, but she couldn't sleep.
Neil was so silent at dinner. And he was sad. Sometimes he looked like he wanted to tell her something.
How stupidly they quarreled! She shouldn't have talked to him like that! It was necessary to enter the room, as he suggested, and calmly discuss everything…
The girl went to the window. There was darkness behind the glass… And a tree!
A tree by which you can descend to the ground… Oh, there's probably a tree near Daniel's window that you can climb up and knock on his window.
He's probably not sleeping right now either…
Miss White smiled slyly and, pulling off her nightgown, put on the dress in which she arrived at the house. The length of the dress was just up to the knee – very convenient!
Having tied her hair back in a ponytail and wearing comfortable shoes, the girl opened the window.