“Now come along,” Caterina urged. “You know you can act as well as anyone on the stage when you want to. Remember the plays we used to perform as children to amuse your father and how much he enjoyed them. If you could act then, you can act now when your whole future happiness is at stake.”

“I have always believed in true love and dreamt about the tall handsome man who will sweep me off my feet and we will live happily ever after, but I can assure that when true love finally comes to you it is always far better than the dreams.”
Barbara Cartland

While he was speaking, Caterina had held out her left hand to the Duke and he slipped on another ring which was larger than the first. It was of plain gold and she thought rather ugly, but it fitted her.