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another path to hide
the smile on her face. “Do you mean the many veiled references to
physical pleasures?” How would he react to that
question?
    “ Yes, did you understand it
all, or do you need something explained?”
    The question brought her up short. He
had turned the tables on her. She hadn’t expected to have to answer
that question directly. “I believe I have a vague understanding.”
Her face heated. “And, I don’t believe you need to explain anything
to me.” Goodness, he certainly knew how to put her on the defense.
Just the thought of discussing intimate details with Dillon
embarrassed her to the very core. Generalization was one thing,
details were quite another.
    “ Yet, you still study
literature you do not completely comprehend,” Dillon
countered.
    Emily stopped and sighed. “It is a
study of history. These were immoral people. They believed in Gods.
It would be centuries before Christianity found them and still,
they were not willing to forsake their pleasures for a God that
wasn’t represented in a marble statue.”
    “ That is all?”
    “ Yes, if you study the
country further, you will see how Christianity changed their
beliefs and way of life. But, without knowing from where they came,
you cannot appreciate the changes made.”
    “ I do see your point,” he
replied with a reluctance in his tone. “But, why
Sappho?”
    “ Why not?”
    “ There are greater,
well-known authors from Greece.”
    “ I know.” Emily smiled at
him.
    “ Does she interest you the
most?”
    Emily shrugged. “Not
really.”
    “ Then why her?” He
demanded.
    “ She was next.”
    “ Next?”
    “ I study the authors in
order. I started with Aeschylus and now I am to Sappho.”
    He groaned. “Who is next?”
    Emily grinned up at him. “Socrates, of
course.”
    He linked her arm in his and they
strolled in silence for a moment. She wondered if he would return
to the immoral topic or move on.
    “ You have said Greece was
next on your list. . . “
    “ Egypt was a fascinating
study. Would you like to hear about it?”
     
     

Chapter 3
     
    Leaning against a tree, Dillon smiled
when Emily arrived. Though she thought she hid it well, Emily was
disappointed in not being able to watch him work, and quickly
quashed her unladylike thoughts.
    He helped her dismount and tucked her
hand in the crook of his arm. “What will we do today?”
    Dillon patted her hand. “All in good
time.”
    Perplexed Emily allowed him to lead her
through a different path in the woods. They traveled a very short
distance before coming to a clearing and a lake.
    “ I don’t see a
boat.”
    Dillon grinned down at her. That smile
was enough to cause her breath to hitch.
    “ Do you swim?” There was a
twinkle in his eye. Surely he wasn’t suggesting they take a dip
now. The water would be freezing, not to mention her shift would
hide nothing of her person when wet. Perhaps she shouldn’t have
encouraged the conversation of yesterday. Encouraged? She more or
less led it. What must he think of her now? “No.”
    Dillon chuckled. Had he read her mind?
“Remind me to teach you when it is warmer.”
    The tension left her muscles and Emily
relaxed.
    “ Nor do I need a boat. He
led her to an area he already prepared with a blanket and
refreshments.
    Her nerves were on edge. They were even
more isolated than before, even though they had walked paths
through the woods. What did he have planned and had she blindly
trusted him to be a complete gentleman because he had made no
advances before? Had their highly improper debate yesterday led him
to believe she was any less moral than she actually was? “What
exactly do you have planned?”
    Dillon continued to grin. “Have you
ever been fishing, Emily?”
    “ Fishing?”
    “ I am assuming you at least
heard about this activity.”
    “ O-of course.” Why was she
stammering?”
    “ Shall we?” He gestured to
two poles by the water’s edge.
     
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    Any confidence he witnessed