# Vibraciones de Amor - Barbara Cartland - Parte 5

An episode of [AudioLibros de Amor](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1850388562), 13 Nov 2025, 37 min.

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Vibraciones de Amor - Barbara Cartland - Parte 5

## Transcript

[0:01] Speaker 2: CHAPTER V. then they halted at the top of one
[0:25] Speaker 2: of the low hills and on a piece of open
[0:27] Speaker 2: ground they competed with each other to determine which of
[0:29] Speaker 2: their horses was the most obedient the duke had to
[0:30] Speaker 2: admit reluctantly that sprite had won easily for although perseus
[0:33] Speaker 2: could perform the ordinary tests of obedience such as coming
[0:35] Speaker 2: when cold stopping and even walking slowly sprite knew a
[0:37] Speaker 2: dozen better and more complicated tricks si The only excuse
[0:54] Speaker 2: I can give, he said to Fabia when he had finished,
[0:55] Speaker 2: is that you have had more time to teach than
[0:57] Speaker 2: I have. He had given him a mischievous look that
[0:59] Speaker 2: said without words that it, it was, that it was
[1:01] Speaker 2: not just time he needed but a skill born of
[1:02] Speaker 2: love and the better, of course, of vibrations. Very well,
[1:05] Speaker 2: she replied in a high-pitched voice. I confess that you
[1:07] Speaker 2: have a talent for animals, although I always thought I
[1:09] Speaker 2: had one, too. Le evilness of you. of course you
[1:22] Speaker 2: did in those days fabia replied and suspected that this
[1:24] Speaker 2: was going to irritate him if she mentioned my lack
[1:25] Speaker 2: of vibrations one more time he protested angrily i will
[1:27] Speaker 2: throw you into the river and put your head in
[1:30] Speaker 2: the water i am sick of hearing about it forgive
[1:31] Speaker 2: me she said humbly but realizing that he was joking
[1:33] Speaker 2: she added it is difficult to get away from a
[1:35] Speaker 2: subject that has me ha mantenido tan absorbido, especialmente ya que,
[1:46] Speaker 2: si quieres saber la verdad, tus vibraciones se han convertido
[1:48] Speaker 2: mucho más fuertes en estos últimos dos días.¿ Me estás empujando?
[1:50] Speaker 2: Le preguntó casi sincronizadamente.¿ Es algo que nunca haría? Siempre
[1:54] Speaker 2: digo la verdad, respondió muy seriamente y sabía que era verdad.
[1:57] Speaker 2: Se sentaron hablando durante mucho tiempo en la sombra de
[2:00] Speaker 2: los árboles mientras Perseus y Sprite se niblaban en el árbol.
[2:13] Speaker 2: when they finally started back home the duke thought that
[2:15] Speaker 2: he had never spent so much time with a woman
[2:18] Speaker 2: discussing such perplexing subjects sirola me quejique if he had
[2:23] Speaker 2: been in the company of any of the beauties he
[2:25] Speaker 2: pursued in london and elsewhere they would undoubtedly he estado
[2:29] Speaker 2: flirteando con él, tratando de atraer su atención y, por supuesto,
[2:32] Speaker 2: esperando que él las agotara. Sí, sí. Él estaba seguro
[2:34] Speaker 2: de que, desde que Fabia había vivido una vida tan
[2:36] Speaker 2: tranquila en el país, no sentía que tenía que actuar
[2:38] Speaker 2: o hablar de manera diferente porque estaba con un hombre tímido.
[2:41] Speaker 2: Ella es muy joven y muy inocente, dijo a sí mismo.
[2:51] Speaker 2: and he wondered what she would be like when she
[2:53] Speaker 2: woke up to her womanhood perhaps he thought it would
[2:56] Speaker 2: make her fantasy world of fairy tales disappear it would
[2:59] Speaker 2: be a pity he reflected because it meant so much
[3:01] Speaker 2: to her but he was sure that when fabia led
[3:03] Speaker 2: a normal life she would see things from a worldly
[3:05] Speaker 2: angle like other women They rode in silence side by side,
[3:16] Speaker 2: though the duke could see that they both appreciated the
[3:19] Speaker 2: beauty of the countryside. The sun shone through the thick
[3:23] Speaker 2: branches of the forest trees, painting golden patterns on the
[3:27] Speaker 2: mossy ground, and the banks of the streams they passed
[3:31] Speaker 2: were yellow with wildflowers. At last the queen's nook came
[3:34] Speaker 2: into view, and it seemed so beautiful to the duke
[3:36] Speaker 2: that his soul was filled with joy as he gazed
[3:37] Speaker 2: upon it. I have been very happy these last two days,
[3:44] Speaker 2: said Fabia. And I believe your lordship that you have
[3:47] Speaker 2: been too. That is something I would not like to discuss,
[3:49] Speaker 2: replied the duke. I admit that like Perseus I am
[3:51] Speaker 2: content and I am always glad that tomorrow is another day.
[3:53] Speaker 2: The way Fabia smiled told the duke that she knew
[3:55] Speaker 2: he was controlling himself and avoiding being too effusive. Fabia desmontó,
[4:07] Speaker 2: apagó la espalda en el cuello y salió a su
[4:08] Speaker 2: habitación de caminar para moverse y poner un vestido más caliente.
[4:11] Speaker 2: Lo que deberías hacer es descansar, sugirió Hans cuando ayudó
[4:13] Speaker 2: a cambiar su vestido.¿ Por qué haría algo así? fabia
[4:25] Speaker 2: asked when there are so many exciting things to attend
[4:27] Speaker 2: to i understand that you want to make the most
[4:30] Speaker 2: of his lordship's visit for i suppose he will not
[4:33] Speaker 2: be staying here long mella me chieno en estuosias pointer
[4:37] Speaker 2: fabia froze why do you say that i heard your
[4:41] Speaker 2: valet who knows him very well say that his lordship
[4:44] Speaker 2: gets bored more quickly than any other gentleman he has
[4:46] Speaker 2: ever met in aoe veleda there was a slight pause
[4:47] Speaker 2: before fabia replied I don't think his lordship has gotten
[4:54] Speaker 2: bored yet, yet. And how can he get bored in
[4:57] Speaker 2: the queen's corner? Without waiting for Han's answer, she ran downstairs,
[5:02] Speaker 2: eager to join the duke, for she was certain he
[5:03] Speaker 2: must be in the library. As she entered, she saw
[5:05] Speaker 2: him standing in front of the bookcase containing volumes concerning
[5:08] Speaker 2: the Minster family. He had a book in his hand
[5:09] Speaker 2: and exclaimed as she approached... I see here that one
[5:17] Speaker 2: of my relatives was so terrible that he boasts of
[5:19] Speaker 2: having won a war almost single-handedly, windedly. I suppose you
[5:21] Speaker 2: do not wish me to follow his example. Fabia looked
[5:23] Speaker 2: at the book he was holding and replied, He was
[5:24] Speaker 2: a rash commander and his daring cost many men their lives.
[5:26] Speaker 2: War is wicked, cruel and wrong. At the same time,
[5:28] Speaker 2: I understand why men enjoy it. Why? Asked the Duke.
[5:44] Speaker 2: It is a way of proving themselves. I believe it
[5:45] Speaker 2: is part of a man's nature to strive for something
[5:46] Speaker 2: and war is an easy means of doing so. The
[5:48] Speaker 2: Duke thought about this for a few moments and realized
[5:49] Speaker 2: that because he had not had to go to war,
[5:51] Speaker 2: he had striven for excellence on the racetrack. How often
[5:53] Speaker 2: do you speak in the House of Lords? Asked Fabia,
[5:55] Speaker 2: interrupting his train of thought. I have no desire to
[6:15] Speaker 2: be a politician, the Duke replied in a shrill voice.
[6:18] Speaker 2: either way it would give him a platform on which
[6:21] Speaker 2: to fight for the things that matter to the country
[6:24] Speaker 2: and the people would listen to him animatus pos mari
[6:27] Speaker 2: the duke smiled at her i thought it was the
[6:30] Speaker 2: house that was supposed to spur me on to great
[6:31] Speaker 2: deeds not you you perhaps i am merely interpreting what
[6:36] Speaker 2: the house is telling you if you read all those
[6:38] Speaker 2: books you will find that the message has been stated
[6:40] Speaker 2: quite clearly for hundreds of years The Duke looked at
[6:48] Speaker 2: the shelves of books. It would take too long, he
[6:51] Speaker 2: said at last. And he would doubtless find this reading
[6:53] Speaker 2: very boring after the first two or three volumes. in
[7:00] Speaker 2: that you are mistaken. Fabia began. At that moment the
[7:02] Speaker 2: door opened and Barker announced the Major Beaster, his lordship
[7:05] Speaker 2: and two ladies. The duke turned abruptly towards the door
[7:07] Speaker 2: and when Eddie entered the room accompanied by two very
[7:09] Speaker 2: attractive but overdressed women, he let out an exclamation. Eddie,
[7:13] Speaker 2: I did not expect you for at least another three days.
[7:26] Speaker 2: You sent me such an obvious request for help, Eddie replied,
[7:28] Speaker 2: that I felt I had to respond. Besides, the boxing
[7:29] Speaker 2: championship has been postponed. He shook the duke's hand and
[7:31] Speaker 2: then looked at Fabio with open curiosity. Before the duke
[7:34] Speaker 2: could speak, Yi ran anxiously to his side and linked
[7:35] Speaker 2: her arm through his... It's very exciting to be here,
[7:48] Speaker 2: he said. And Betsy and I are very glad you
[7:49] Speaker 2: invited us. We'll cheer you up soon and you won't
[7:51] Speaker 2: feel so bored anymore. He spoke effusively in his fascinating
[7:53] Speaker 2: accent and his dark, mysterious eyes lifted to him invitingly
[7:54] Speaker 2: and his red lips curved provocatively. Imani eskbait. Betsy took
[7:57] Speaker 2: his other arm. i've never had a real duke as
[8:11] Speaker 2: a guest before he remarked i but now that we're
[8:13] Speaker 2: here i suppose we can liven things up a bit
[8:14] Speaker 2: although to tell the truth i find the countryside very
[8:16] Speaker 2: depressing the duke deftly extricated himself from the grasp of
[8:18] Speaker 2: the two women and turned to eddie i don't think
[8:20] Speaker 2: eddie that you know a cousin of mine miss fabia
[8:21] Speaker 2: wilton Major Edward Bester notó que Eddie estaba sorprendido no
[8:36] Speaker 2: solo porque Fabia era joven y hermosa, sino porque esperaba
[8:38] Speaker 2: encontrarlo solo y sin duda preguntaba si su presencia no
[8:40] Speaker 2: complicaría las cosas. Fue algo que también causó preocupación del
[8:43] Speaker 2: duque y decidió que era un problema que tenía que resolver.
[8:55] Speaker 2: everything he had done since coming to the corner the
[8:57] Speaker 2: queen's visit had been so interesting that he had completely
[9:01] Speaker 2: forgotten about the letter he had sent eddie in despair
[9:03] Speaker 2: the night he had stayed at the inn near oxford
[9:07] Speaker 2: If he had remembered, he would have supposed he had
[9:09] Speaker 2: time to cancel his invitations to Yigi and Betsy before
[9:11] Speaker 2: Eddie arrived with them. Now it was too late. They
[9:13] Speaker 2: were here and he wondered what he could do without
[9:15] Speaker 2: waiting to be introduced to St. Yi was talking to Fabia.
[9:17] Speaker 2: Do you live here? She asked. Or are you a
[9:19] Speaker 2: guest too? As she said this, she looked at Fabia's
[9:20] Speaker 2: dress and realized that it was cheap, homemade and a
[9:22] Speaker 2: bit old-fashioned. Fabia, por su parte, estaba muy consciente de
[9:37] Speaker 2: que las dos mujeres que acababan de llegar eran muy
[9:39] Speaker 2: diferentes de las que había visto antes. Ah. Estaban usando
[9:41] Speaker 2: vestidos de viajes elaborados en colores muy brillantes y sus
[9:43] Speaker 2: capas estaban decoradas con huellas y flores. Sí. Ambos usaban
[9:46] Speaker 2: ropa ostentosa, muy conspicuosa en la luz del día. Y
[9:48] Speaker 2: Fabia nunca creyó que una señora podía usar tanto polvo
[9:50] Speaker 2: de cara, rouge y lip balm. Sí. I live here,
[10:05] Speaker 2: Betsy replied. All year round? Gigi asked. Then I feel
[10:09] Speaker 2: sorry for you, although you certainly have plenty of ground
[10:12] Speaker 2: to ride on in. Of course there is, Betsy acknowledged.
[10:15] Speaker 2: But without an audience and that's something I couldn't do
[10:17] Speaker 2: without it. Betsy laughed a very vulgar laugh. Fabia turned
[10:19] Speaker 2: to the Duke then. if the ladies are going to
[10:27] Speaker 2: stay here overnight she said i can go and tell
[10:29] Speaker 2: mrs fetter to prepare rooms for them yes of course
[10:31] Speaker 2: the duke replied he could see that she wanted to
[10:33] Speaker 2: get out of there and thought that would be a
[10:35] Speaker 2: good idea but when fabia turned toward the door she
[10:37] Speaker 2: caught sight of yiyi having linked her arm with the
[10:40] Speaker 2: duke's again I hope they'll give me a comfortable room,
[10:50] Speaker 2: Yi said. And you know where it must be. How
[10:51] Speaker 2: surprised she was by what she had heard. Fabia turned
[10:53] Speaker 2: her eyes and noticed that Yi was looking at the
[10:55] Speaker 2: duke and that her lips were very close to his.
[10:58] Speaker 2: Fabia thought that this was a very strange way of behaving,
[10:59] Speaker 2: as she left the library and walked along the corridor.
[11:01] Speaker 2: She thought to herself that now that the duke had
[11:03] Speaker 2: his friends there to entertain him, he would surely not
[11:17] Speaker 2: need her the thought had the same effect on her
[11:20] Speaker 2: as if a dagger were stuck in her heart what
[11:22] Speaker 2: when she went up the stairs to look for mrs
[11:25] Speaker 2: fetter she realized that the happiness she had felt until
[11:28] Speaker 2: then had vanished and it seemed to her that the
[11:30] Speaker 2: sun was hiding behind the clouds She found as expected
[11:36] Speaker 2: that Mrs. Fetter was in one of the bedrooms inspecting
[11:38] Speaker 2: how things were being taken out of a trunk that
[11:39] Speaker 2: the footman had brought up. The maid had just taken
[11:41] Speaker 2: out a black nightgown and was holding it up for Mrs.
[11:43] Speaker 2: Fetter to look at. Bobby arrived at the door and
[11:44] Speaker 2: stood in the doorway before the women noticed her. She
[11:58] Speaker 2: heard Mrs. Fedder say, I don't know what the Duchess
[12:00] Speaker 2: would say if she were alive. I don't know. If
[12:01] Speaker 2: you ask me, replied the maid who was kneeling before
[12:03] Speaker 2: the trunk. Women of that sort have no right to
[12:04] Speaker 2: stay here. Before Mrs. Fedder could answer, Fabia entered the
[12:07] Speaker 2: room and went up to them to make them aware
[12:09] Speaker 2: of her presence. i came up mrs fetter to tell
[12:23] Speaker 2: you that guests have arrived she said but i said
[12:26] Speaker 2: but i see you have already heard that's right mademoiselle
[12:30] Speaker 2: replied mrs fetter fabia noticed that the maid had taken
[12:32] Speaker 2: brightly colored undergarments out of the trunk but she put
[12:34] Speaker 2: them away so that she wouldn't see them she was
[12:36] Speaker 2: too late Fabia ya había notado la laca blanca, los
[12:45] Speaker 2: ribos rojos y las maquinas de los vestidos, que eran
[12:47] Speaker 2: tan finos que eran transparentes. Fabia se sintió muy joven
[12:50] Speaker 2: y muy inexperiente. Si eso es lo que le gustaba
[12:52] Speaker 2: al duque y esas eran las mujeres que prefería, no
[12:54] Speaker 2: es de duda que su baile lo esperaba a que
[12:56] Speaker 2: se volviera a cansar muy pronto de estar sola con ellos.
[13:06] Speaker 2: She left the room and ran down the corridor thinking
[13:09] Speaker 2: how exciting it had been to talk and argue with
[13:12] Speaker 2: the Duke and to be alone with him. Now everything
[13:16] Speaker 2: was ruined and she felt like crying as she often
[13:18] Speaker 2: did when something disturbed her. She crossed the corridor, heading
[13:23] Speaker 2: for a very remote part of the house in the
[13:25] Speaker 2: south wing, towards the rooms that had belonged to the
[13:26] Speaker 2: old duchess, and which had remained as they were while
[13:28] Speaker 2: she occupied them. When Fabia opened the door, she inhaled
[13:30] Speaker 2: the sweet fragrance of the flowers which she herself placed
[13:32] Speaker 2: there each week. There were two rooms, a bedroom and
[13:34] Speaker 2: a small sitting room, where the duchess used to sit
[13:36] Speaker 2: by the window, looking out over the garden and the
[13:38] Speaker 2: woods beyond. the blinds were drawn but the room was
[13:54] Speaker 2: bright for the curtains had been drawn you know as
[13:56] Speaker 2: fabia approached the spot where the duchess had always sat
[13:58] Speaker 2: she seemed to see herself again at the age of
[14:02] Speaker 2: eight when she had first entered that room with her
[14:04] Speaker 2: mother shortly after shortly haddie had arrived at the manor
[14:06] Speaker 2: house this is fabia your lordship her mother had said
[14:19] Speaker 2: the duchess held out her hand and said what a
[14:21] Speaker 2: lovely child she looks very much like you elizabeth amandirubat
[14:25] Speaker 2: fabia had curtsied and when the duchess took her little
[14:28] Speaker 2: hand in hers she felt a strange tingling vibration that
[14:30] Speaker 2: she had never forgotten The duchess had drawn her like
[14:38] Speaker 2: a magnet ever since, and every day she found some
[14:39] Speaker 2: excuse to ride her poncho from the manor house to
[14:42] Speaker 2: the queen's corner to visit the old lady who lived there. Please, mother,
[14:44] Speaker 2: may I take these flowers that I cut for the duchess?
[14:45] Speaker 2: May I show the duchess the picture I have just painted?
[14:58] Speaker 2: may i tell the duchess about the robin's nest that
[14:59] Speaker 2: i found this morning guyslush morning there was always something
[15:01] Speaker 2: she wanted to show the duchess eh oh looking back
[15:04] Speaker 2: now fabia realize that although she had been only eight
[15:06] Speaker 2: years old at the time the duchess had spoken to
[15:08] Speaker 2: her as if she were an adult The old lady
[15:18] Speaker 2: seemed to enjoy her company and reminisced about the past
[15:22] Speaker 2: as if the little girl were her contemporary. It had
[15:26] Speaker 2: been a strange relationship but a very satisfactory one, and
[15:29] Speaker 2: Fabia now thought that the Duke had somehow taken the
[15:32] Speaker 2: place of the Duchess that had been vacated in her
[15:35] Speaker 2: life when the Duchess died. She sat down now in
[15:39] Speaker 2: a chair near the one the duchess always occupied and
[15:41] Speaker 2: it seemed to her that she was talking to the
[15:43] Speaker 2: old woman, telling her what had happened and explaining that
[15:44] Speaker 2: she had suddenly lost the duke when she least expected it.
[15:46] Speaker 2: When she mentally paused as if waiting for the duchess
[15:48] Speaker 2: to answer her, she knew that she loved the duke.
[15:49] Speaker 2: Although she had said that the duke did not give
[15:51] Speaker 2: off vibrations as she knew them, there was something about
[15:53] Speaker 2: him that forced her to be aware of his person.
[15:54] Speaker 2: He auda isoei. It cannot be true, she exclaimed as
[16:10] Speaker 2: if the duchess could hear her. How can I be
[16:12] Speaker 2: in love with a man who does not love me?
[16:13] Speaker 2: Fabian knew. And the thought made her very unhappy that
[16:15] Speaker 2: the duke did not feel the same way about her.
[16:17] Speaker 2: He was interested in the kind of women downstairs. Women
[16:19] Speaker 2: of whom, she was sure, neither her mother nor the
[16:21] Speaker 2: duchess would have approved. What am I to do? She wondered.
[16:23] Speaker 2: It seemed to her that the duchess had smiled. what
[16:39] Speaker 2: you are telling me fabia continued is that if fate
[16:41] Speaker 2: decree that we mean something to each other it will
[16:42] Speaker 2: happen it will happen otherwise he will leave and i
[16:44] Speaker 2: will be alone again she paused before continuing saying i
[16:47] Speaker 2: have been so happy here with you in the house
[16:49] Speaker 2: but now when i am alone again i will miss
[16:59] Speaker 2: you and things will never be the same she let
[17:03] Speaker 2: out a soft sob and then almost without realizing what
[17:06] Speaker 2: she was doing she knelt down beside the chair in
[17:08] Speaker 2: which the duchess was sitting y di oh ich hause
[17:10] Speaker 2: please please help me was a cry that came from
[17:15] Speaker 2: the bottom of her heart and when she had the
[17:16] Speaker 2: indescribable sensation that the duchess had laid a hand on
[17:19] Speaker 2: her head she felt a consolation beyond words fabia remained
[17:21] Speaker 2: in the duchess's room for a long time and then
[17:23] Speaker 2: went to the other side of the house where her
[17:26] Speaker 2: room was situated next to The one where Hans slept dazzy.
[17:37] Speaker 2: There was also a small drawing room where Hans spent
[17:39] Speaker 2: much of his time sewing and where Fabia used to
[17:42] Speaker 2: read aloud to him before the duke arrived a la chenillium.
[17:46] Speaker 2: The drawing room was the first room that opened onto
[17:48] Speaker 2: the corridor and when Fabia passed through the door on
[17:50] Speaker 2: her way to her bedroom, she heard the duke's voice
[17:53] Speaker 2: with surprise and froze. Y le digue a guirinha so
[17:56] Speaker 2: he dies and froze. i will let miss fabia know
[17:59] Speaker 2: what his lordship has said or i will tell han
[18:00] Speaker 2: i was going to suggest the same thing but her
[18:03] Speaker 2: your lordship stepped forward nom i am perfectly capable the
[18:05] Speaker 2: duke replied in an icy voice and fabia could tell
[18:07] Speaker 2: he was irritated of deciding what is right or wrong
[18:08] Speaker 2: for a relative of mine of course your lordship han
[18:10] Speaker 2: replied in a conciliatory tone Since I do not know
[18:21] Speaker 2: where Miss Fabia is, the duke observed, I will send
[18:23] Speaker 2: a servant to fetch her and tell her to come
[18:25] Speaker 2: up with you. Thank you, Your Lordship, Han replied. Fabia
[18:28] Speaker 2: understood that the duke was about to leave the drawing room,
[18:31] Speaker 2: and since she did not want him to think she
[18:32] Speaker 2: had been listening, she hurried into her room, orderso asning.
[18:34] Speaker 2: When she had closed the door, hearing his footsteps receding
[18:36] Speaker 2: down the corridor, she headed towards the drawing room, ailes ago.
[18:49] Speaker 2: What were you two talking about? His lordship asked. I
[18:52] Speaker 2: came to tell you that you must stay here with
[18:54] Speaker 2: me and that you will dine upstairs tonight, Han replied. Why?
[18:56] Speaker 2: Why don't you want me to come down? There was
[18:57] Speaker 2: silence and Fabia knew that Han wanted to answer her question. Finally,
[19:00] Speaker 2: after a long pause, the maid explained. Your lordship, do
[19:03] Speaker 2: you have guests? Yes, I know. I met them when
[19:05] Speaker 2: they arrived. She met them. Her lordship had no right
[19:19] Speaker 2: to introduce her to that trash. What would your mother
[19:22] Speaker 2: have said about you? The ladies are very elegant and pretty.
[19:28] Speaker 2: Are they actresses? She knew that actresses were considered loose
[19:32] Speaker 2: women and that a lady would never become an actress.
[19:37] Speaker 2: I believe they ride horses as a profession, Han replied,
[19:40] Speaker 2: and it seemed as if the words had been forced
[19:42] Speaker 2: from her lips. Indeed, Fabia exclaimed. Oh, I wish I
[19:48] Speaker 2: had known. Then we will have something in common to
[19:53] Speaker 2: talk about. You will have to go through my dead
[19:55] Speaker 2: body to talk to them. Han replied angrily. And I
[19:57] Speaker 2: want to make this very clear, Miss Fabia. If you
[19:59] Speaker 2: do not do as your lordship says, I will take
[20:00] Speaker 2: you away from here immediately. Take me? But where would
[20:02] Speaker 2: we go? That is of no importance, Han replied. But
[20:04] Speaker 2: I will not allow you to associate with women like that.
[20:17] Speaker 2: Eres una señora, y esas criaturas deberían haber quedado en
[20:20] Speaker 2: el stream donde pertenecen. pero el duque debe quererlos aquí.
[20:24] Speaker 2: Quizás necesite que les maldicen los caballos que vienen de Lesa.
[20:26] Speaker 2: Dijo que estaba esperando a ellos. Fabia pensó que era
[20:29] Speaker 2: una explicación lógica, pero recordó la manera en que una
[20:32] Speaker 2: de las mujeres miraba al duque cuando estaban en la
[20:34] Speaker 2: biblioteca y pensó que era muy extraño que un servidor
[20:36] Speaker 2: se comportara de esa manera. No hay nada más que decir,
[20:37] Speaker 2: dijo Han abruptamente. You will stay up here on the
[20:50] Speaker 2: orders of the Lord Duke and you will dine with me.
[20:54] Speaker 2: Han picked up her sewing and left the drawing room
[20:56] Speaker 2: heading for the door that led to her bedroom. Fabia
[21:00] Speaker 2: went to the window. She was puzzled, though not as
[21:03] Speaker 2: depressed as she had been at first. If the women
[21:07] Speaker 2: downstairs had come to ride the Duke's horses, she supposed,
[21:11] Speaker 2: they were in the same category as the yokies or
[21:14] Speaker 2: grooms or grooms. almost without realizing what she was doing
[21:18] Speaker 2: she felt herself calling to the duke sending him wave
[21:21] Speaker 2: after wave of vibrations to remind him that she was
[21:24] Speaker 2: near and that she loved him without hope The dinner
[21:28] Speaker 2: that was brought up for Fabia and Han was the
[21:31] Speaker 2: same as the one served in the dining room. And
[21:33] Speaker 2: although the maid was very pleased with it to Fabia,
[21:36] Speaker 2: Fabia found that she was not hungry. She realized that
[21:39] Speaker 2: she would have liked to see the duke sitting at
[21:40] Speaker 2: the head of the table as on nights past with
[21:42] Speaker 2: that arrogant elegance with which he sat on the high
[21:44] Speaker 2: chair carved as if it were a throne. when the
[21:51] Speaker 2: duchess spoke to her of the kings and queens who
[21:54] Speaker 2: had been her guests fabia always imagined them sitting in
[21:56] Speaker 2: that chair in particular that it had been acquired during
[21:58] Speaker 2: the reign of charles the second and was surmounted by
[21:59] Speaker 2: a crown she had never thought that a man could
[22:01] Speaker 2: be as handsome or as authoritative as the duke and
[22:03] Speaker 2: yet never until now had she thought of him as
[22:04] Speaker 2: someone she could love She knew that she could admire him,
[22:19] Speaker 2: as she had admired her grandmother and her other ancestors,
[22:22] Speaker 2: about whom she had read in the books of the library,
[22:24] Speaker 2: I was always sure. She thought that she could not
[22:29] Speaker 2: love a man unless his vibrations intertwined with mine and
[22:33] Speaker 2: we were united by something mystical and wonderful that is
[22:37] Speaker 2: part of life itself. When they had finished dinner, Han
[22:40] Speaker 2: left the drawing room to fetch her sewing that she
[22:42] Speaker 2: had left in the bedroom, y yo mataron a Bidum,
[22:46] Speaker 2: and that gave Fabia the opportunity she had been waiting
[22:49] Speaker 2: for to escape. Ella sabía que solo había un lugar
[22:52] Speaker 2: donde podía ir, un lugar donde podía pensar y tratar
[22:53] Speaker 2: de entender las nuevas sensaciones que se tomaban de ella
[22:56] Speaker 2: y que eran tan diferentes de cualquier cosa que hubiera
[22:57] Speaker 2: sentido antes. She was breathless when she reached the temple
[23:04] Speaker 2: and sat down on the steps, resting her head against
[23:05] Speaker 2: a pillar as she had done so often before to
[23:06] Speaker 2: take in the scene before her. The sun was sinking
[23:08] Speaker 2: below the horizon behind the bushes in the park. The
[23:10] Speaker 2: stars shone above Fabia's head and everything seemed to have
[23:12] Speaker 2: a magical golden glow. Except for the spot under the
[23:27] Speaker 2: trees where the shadows turned a shade of purple. I admit,
[23:30] Speaker 2: it is so beautiful. She thought to herself, and since
[23:32] Speaker 2: it belongs to the duke and is a part of him,
[23:33] Speaker 2: how can I help loving it? She answered her own question.
[23:35] Speaker 2: Did she understand now that she had loved him since
[23:37] Speaker 2: she had perceived him as a child laughing here in
[23:39] Speaker 2: the temple and running through the woods? Looking back, she
[23:41] Speaker 2: had difficulty remembering when she had first become aware of
[23:44] Speaker 2: his presence. Perhaps it had been shortly after they had
[23:58] Speaker 2: come to live in the manor house when she had
[24:00] Speaker 2: gone to the queen's corner every day. Sometimes she seemed
[24:05] Speaker 2: to see him from afar and at other times she
[24:07] Speaker 2: felt him beside her laughing, shouting with joy, hiding among
[24:09] Speaker 2: the trees, running to her aid through the meadows. They
[24:11] Speaker 2: were images and sounds, very much alive, because he himself
[24:13] Speaker 2: was a child full of life, she thought. Although Fabia
[24:23] Speaker 2: loved the duke, she knew that he did not have
[24:25] Speaker 2: the radiant personality he had when he was little. The
[24:30] Speaker 2: queen's corner would give him that back, she assured herself.
[24:34] Speaker 2: She remembered that all those who had lived here and
[24:36] Speaker 2: who had projected their influence from this place to the
[24:39] Speaker 2: world had later become heroes or leaders or leaders. That
[24:41] Speaker 2: is what he must be. She thought, no matter how
[24:48] Speaker 2: much his servants praised him, her instinct told her that
[24:50] Speaker 2: something was missing in his life. Although it was difficult
[24:54] Speaker 2: to put his finger on it exactly, she was thinking
[24:57] Speaker 2: about him so insistently that she was not surprised to
[25:00] Speaker 2: see him appear along the path between the bushes and
[25:02] Speaker 2: arrive at the temple when there was no more light
[25:03] Speaker 2: in the sky than the stars and the rising moon
[25:05] Speaker 2: known omatafi. I knew I would find you here, the
[25:13] Speaker 2: duke said, twittering to her for the first time. Fabia
[25:16] Speaker 2: did not answer, only realizing that her heart was beating
[25:19] Speaker 2: wildly and it felt as if a ray of moonlight
[25:22] Speaker 2: had penetrated her body and made it glow with an
[25:25] Speaker 2: iridescent light that she could see and feel. The duke
[25:29] Speaker 2: sat down on the step beside her. Forgive me, Fabia. Why?
[25:34] Speaker 2: I forgot that I had invited my friend Eddie Bicester
[25:37] Speaker 2: to stay with me and had told him to bring
[25:40] Speaker 2: two ladies with him. Emaka-an. I know they are Amazons.
[25:44] Speaker 2: Mall Road as well. The tone of sadness in her
[25:47] Speaker 2: voice told the duke that Fabia was thinking that perhaps
[25:50] Speaker 2: they were better than she was and he smiled as
[25:52] Speaker 2: he replied. Yes, they are very skilled, but I do
[25:54] Speaker 2: not think they can compare with you. I am glad
[26:00] Speaker 2: to hear that. They will leave tomorrow because they have
[26:02] Speaker 2: an engagement to fulfill in London. It wasn't true, but
[26:05] Speaker 2: the Duke thought it was the best explanation he could give.
[26:07] Speaker 2: He had already told Eddie that they would have to
[26:09] Speaker 2: leave and that he would reward them handsomely for the
[26:11] Speaker 2: trouble they had taken in coming all the way here.
[26:19] Speaker 2: good heavens eddie had exclaimed and i can't make them
[26:23] Speaker 2: leave not for four or five days at least at
[26:26] Speaker 2: one east and by the way it cost them a
[26:28] Speaker 2: lot of money to come here the owner of the
[26:30] Speaker 2: stable where she works wouldn't let them go That's no
[26:34] Speaker 2: big deal, the duke replied. And I don't want any
[26:37] Speaker 2: arguments about it. Eddie, you brought them and you can
[26:38] Speaker 2: tell them our plans have changed. A check for a
[26:40] Speaker 2: generous amount will soften the blow a lot. We're doing well.
[26:43] Speaker 2: I think you're being too dictatorial. Almost insulting, Eddie exclaimed
[26:46] Speaker 2: and paused for a moment before adding. Has this something
[26:49] Speaker 2: to do with your pretty relative? I had no idea
[26:51] Speaker 2: she was here with you. She's living in the queen's
[27:04] Speaker 2: corner with her old maid. It's embarrassing, but I can't
[27:08] Speaker 2: have her getting mixed up with Yigi and Betsy. The
[27:12] Speaker 2: Duke noticed Eddie looking at him with curiosity and hurriedly said,
[27:16] Speaker 2: Since you are interested in the matter, it is nothing
[27:18] Speaker 2: like you imagine, Wenjin. Fabia is a good girl and
[27:20] Speaker 2: I found her living here when I arrived. Since she
[27:23] Speaker 2: is a distant cousin, I feel responsible for her. And
[27:25] Speaker 2: those seductive horse tamers are very unsuitable company for a debutante. Sí,
[27:36] Speaker 2: entiendo muy bien lo que ha reconocido Eddie, pero me
[27:38] Speaker 2: parece extraño que ella haya estado viviendo aquí sin tu conocimiento. Eh.
[27:40] Speaker 2: Lo pensé también, pero no hay tiempo para discutirlo ahora.
[27:42] Speaker 2: Simplemente quédate de Yigi y Bechi sin ningún chiste. Pensé
[27:45] Speaker 2: que te interesabas por Yigi. Ella es muy atractiva y
[27:47] Speaker 2: me imagino que es mucho más fácil de manejar que Decia.
[27:50] Speaker 2: Por supuesto que no intentará casarte. That was what the
[28:04] Speaker 2: Duke had thought at a time that seemed very distant
[28:05] Speaker 2: to him now. Do not attempt to discuss the matter further.
[28:07] Speaker 2: Do as I ask Eddie and return them to London.
[28:09] Speaker 2: Eddie sighed. I must confess that you sometimes abuse our
[28:11] Speaker 2: friendship beyond. another time i will insist that you do
[28:20] Speaker 2: your own dirty work the duke did not answer he
[28:25] Speaker 2: had simply left edie's bedroom where they had been talking
[28:28] Speaker 2: and gone down to the drawing room to join the
[28:30] Speaker 2: two women who were waiting for them before dinner as
[28:34] Speaker 2: he looked at them he noted the most deplorable contrast
[28:37] Speaker 2: they presented dressed in scandalous low-cut evening gowns compared to
[28:42] Speaker 2: the paintings on the walls the flowers had arranged on
[28:46] Speaker 2: the table and the beauty of the garden outside where
[28:49] Speaker 2: dusk was beginning to fall hm by jimmy tyke during
[28:53] Speaker 2: dinner he had realized the mistake he had made in
[28:56] Speaker 2: bringing them to the queen's corner their presence stood out
[28:58] Speaker 2: so unfavorably in that house that perhaps for the first
[29:01] Speaker 2: time in his life the duke felt ashamed because he
[29:02] Speaker 2: had revealed a total lack of good taste as ye
[29:04] Speaker 2: fawned over him fluttering her long made-up Eyelashes curling her
[29:11] Speaker 2: lips teasingly and taking advantage of any exigus to touch him.
[29:13] Speaker 2: Edy is a goodie just to touch him, Edy. He
[29:15] Speaker 2: thought Fabia had sat in that very chair before. He
[29:17] Speaker 2: could almost feel her there, next to him. It's those
[29:18] Speaker 2: damned vibrations again, he thought to himself. But he realized
[29:22] Speaker 2: that Fabia had been right when she said that he
[29:23] Speaker 2: could feel them too, Edy. During dinner, they prevented him
[29:39] Speaker 2: from hearing what Yi was saying, although he was sure
[29:42] Speaker 2: it couldn't have been anything worthwhile. The duke was increasingly
[29:47] Speaker 2: disgusted by the way Yi tried to attract him. I
[29:51] Speaker 2: feel ridiculous. He thought to himself and he realized that
[29:54] Speaker 2: he was fighting a losing battle in trying to act
[29:56] Speaker 2: as he would have done before he had come to
[29:58] Speaker 2: the queen's corner. There was no doubt that Eddie was
[30:02] Speaker 2: enjoying himself and that he was attracted to B.I. When
[30:05] Speaker 2: dinner was over, they were talking in low, intimate voices,
[30:08] Speaker 2: toasting each other. And it was easy to tell from
[30:12] Speaker 2: the look in their eyes what would happen later that evening. He,
[30:16] Speaker 2: of course, had expected something similar for himself. But as
[30:20] Speaker 2: soon as the women had left the dining room and
[30:22] Speaker 2: he was left alone with Eddie drinking the ordo, he suggested,
[30:25] Speaker 2: he suggested, entertain the women, Eddie, until I return. Where
[30:28] Speaker 2: are you going? Eddie asked in a high-pitched voice, but
[30:31] Speaker 2: since the Duke had already risen from the table and
[30:33] Speaker 2: was at the door, he either did not hear the
[30:34] Speaker 2: question or chose not to answer it. He did not
[30:40] Speaker 2: have to wonder where Fabia was, meh. He knew. As
[30:44] Speaker 2: he crossed the lawns he felt the irritation that had
[30:47] Speaker 2: arisen in him at dinner gradually disappear, grappola. It was
[30:51] Speaker 2: as if he had returned to the peace and magic
[30:53] Speaker 2: of the queen's corner and left it behind him. This
[30:56] Speaker 2: other world that had temporarily overwhelmed him. He took his time,
[31:00] Speaker 2: knowing that he had plenty of time, and he stopped
[31:03] Speaker 2: in the water garden to listen to the soft music
[31:06] Speaker 2: of the waterfall cascading into the pond before walking on.
[31:11] Speaker 2: As he reached the temple, he saw it bathed in
[31:14] Speaker 2: moonlight and the stars reflected in Fabia's eyes as he
[31:17] Speaker 2: sat down beside her. This is what I have been
[31:20] Speaker 2: longing to do, he said. Desde que había llegado a casa,
[31:23] Speaker 2: había sido rápido en justificarse, diciendo que el templo lo
[31:25] Speaker 2: atraía como siempre lo tenía. Fue una coincidencia que Fabia
[31:27] Speaker 2: estaba allí, aunque no podía ayudar, pero recordó que este
[31:29] Speaker 2: era el lugar donde había visto a ella por primera vez.
[31:30] Speaker 2: Hablaron por unos minutos, pero luego se sentaron en silencio
[31:32] Speaker 2: mirando hacia el jardín. Estaban contentos de estar juntos y
[31:35] Speaker 2: no había necesidad de palabras. The Duke felt that Fabia
[31:51] Speaker 2: gave him what he had always longed for, serenity, peace,
[31:56] Speaker 2: the conviction that nothing else mattered. Here he could forget Yigi,
[32:02] Speaker 2: the Queen's anger, and the disapproval of his relatives. He
[32:06] Speaker 2: let out a soft sigh of contentment and, without thinking
[32:09] Speaker 2: about what he was saying, murmured aloud. this is all
[32:13] Speaker 2: i have ever wanted and since i have it why
[32:15] Speaker 2: should i worry about anything else there was a pause
[32:16] Speaker 2: before fabia answered because it is not enough for you
[32:18] Speaker 2: and it never will be it was as if she
[32:20] Speaker 2: had thrown a glass of cold water over him and
[32:22] Speaker 2: the duke stiffened and asked why do you say that
[32:32] Speaker 2: Porque eres demasiado inteligente para no entender que en este
[32:34] Speaker 2: momento estás lullándote en un sentimiento muy cómodo de seguridad.
[32:37] Speaker 2: Pero eso es lo que quiero. Aunque estaban en el oscuro,
[32:39] Speaker 2: el duque notó que Fabia había tocado su cabeza con duda.¿
[32:42] Speaker 2: Cómo puedes saber tanto de mí? Le preguntó. Porque antes
[32:44] Speaker 2: de que llegara, estaba pensando en ti como lo eras
[32:46] Speaker 2: antes y ese es el verdadero hombre que es tu alma.
[33:00] Speaker 2: That little boy I knew who was ready to act heroically.
[33:04] Speaker 2: I still feel that way sometimes, the duke declared. Fabiano
[33:08] Speaker 2: made no answer, but he could see that he had
[33:10] Speaker 2: not impressed her in any way. So what do you
[33:14] Speaker 2: suggest I do? He asked angrily. If you stay here,
[33:18] Speaker 2: I am sure that an opportunity will present itself to
[33:21] Speaker 2: you to do something great, something important, not only for yourself,
[33:24] Speaker 2: but for others.¿ Estás diciendo mi fortuna? Estoy mirando hacia
[33:31] Speaker 2: tu futuro. Ese es un talento que no sospechaba que tenías.
[33:33] Speaker 2: Respondió sarcásticamente. No lo hago muy a menudo, pero ahora,
[33:36] Speaker 2: tal vez, porque estás sentado en el templo, puedo ver
[33:39] Speaker 2: que reúnes a muchas personas y que ocuparás una posición
[33:42] Speaker 2: en la que tendrás gran autoridad y suficiente poder para
[33:45] Speaker 2: hacer mucho bien. the duke tried to laugh lightly are
[33:53] Speaker 2: you imagining that someone might offer me one of those
[33:55] Speaker 2: tottering kingdoms in europe whose thrones are always empty looking
[33:57] Speaker 2: for possible occupants son in saying this i was thinking
[33:59] Speaker 2: of greece and belgium whose thrones were a matter of
[34:01] Speaker 2: dispute between various young princes of the royal houses I
[34:14] Speaker 2: don't think that's it, Fabia replied. But I know it
[34:17] Speaker 2: will happen, and when it does, you will do what
[34:19] Speaker 2: is right, and what your grandmother would have wanted you
[34:22] Speaker 2: to do. It seemed to Fabia that she had not
[34:34] Speaker 2: been the one to utter those words, but that the
[34:35] Speaker 2: late Duchess had put them into her mouth, and she added, pleading, please,
[34:37] Speaker 2: when you are offered such a thing, remember that it
[34:38] Speaker 2: is a position... Follow the traditions of the family. The
[34:43] Speaker 2: Duke turned his head toward her, about to tell her
[34:45] Speaker 2: that he did not believe any of her predictions and
[34:47] Speaker 2: that it was unlikely that she would ever occupy a
[34:50] Speaker 2: higher position than she already had at that moment. But
[34:54] Speaker 2: as he looked at Fabia in the light coming from
[34:55] Speaker 2: the sky, she seemed to him not only very beautiful
[34:56] Speaker 2: but insubstantial, unreal, as if she were a spirit from
[34:58] Speaker 2: the temple. You frighten me, he said in a low voice.
[35:00] Speaker 2: If I were intelligent, I would leave the queen's corner
[35:02] Speaker 2: right now and never return. Why would I do such
[35:04] Speaker 2: a thing? Because you are turning my life upside down.
[35:06] Speaker 2: You are trying to change her and I am not
[35:07] Speaker 2: sure that this is something you want me to enjoy.
[35:22] Speaker 2: Fabia miró a él por mucho tiempo y luego extendió
[35:25] Speaker 2: una mano. Déjame tocar tu mano. Por un momento el
[35:27] Speaker 2: duque hesitó, como si fuera asustado, pero luego le puso
[35:30] Speaker 2: su mano en la suya. Las manos de Fabia eran
[35:31] Speaker 2: calientes y él sentía como tocaba ellas las vibraciones extrañas
[35:34] Speaker 2: que había sentido antes. Su palma cerró contra su. Y
[35:36] Speaker 2: el duque se sintió por primera vez tan consciente de
[35:39] Speaker 2: la presencia de Fabia que pensó que debía sentir lo
[35:42] Speaker 2: mismo sobre él. Posadito, ito interno muto standa. fabia estaba
[35:53] Speaker 2: silenciada y, después de un momento, le preguntó, bueno, las
[35:59] Speaker 2: vibraciones están ahí ahora, oh, respondió fabia, pero estás luchando
[36:01] Speaker 2: contra ellos y no pueden manifestarse a sí mismos. El
[36:04] Speaker 2: duque retiró su mano de fabia. Eso no es muy encorajador,
[36:07] Speaker 2: por decir lo menos. I want it to be, she
[36:12] Speaker 2: replied quietly. I want to encourage you. How would your
[36:15] Speaker 2: grandmother have done it? The duke stood up. My grandmother
[36:17] Speaker 2: is not here, he pointed. And you depress me with
[36:19] Speaker 2: your guesses about the future. I think it is wiser
[36:21] Speaker 2: to enjoy the present. After all, it is tangible and
[36:22] Speaker 2: real and, of course, much more encouraging. With that, he
[36:24] Speaker 2: walked away and disappeared into the darkness of the bushes.
[36:38] Speaker 2: fabia lo vio ir, luego dio un sonido sucio que
[36:40] Speaker 2: parecía subir de las profundidades de su ser y cubrió
[36:42] Speaker 2: sus ojos con sus manos. No estaba llorando. Estaba pensando
[36:43] Speaker 2: desesperadamente que había fallado el duque, su abuela, y el
[36:45] Speaker 2: amor que sentía por él.

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