Chapter 27
- Instead of joining Leo at the table, Astoria moved to stand at that balustrade to gaze out over the breathtaking view that was Venice at night—majestically stunning with the moonlight and softly glowing streetlamps reflected in the water below, several gondolas gliding silently along its length.
- Astoria was once more so mesmerised, so enchanted, so moved by the beauty spread out before her, that she was incapable of verbally acknowledging Leo’s presence as he came to stand beside her.
- ‘It is magnificent, is it not?’ he murmured.