‘It was just thoughts passing through my head.’
Ross grunted and opened the door, passed inside, turned and saw Demelza at the door watching him.
He said: ‘What did Jeremy mean about the loving cup?’
Demelza hesitated. ‘Oh, nothing in particular, I believe. He seemed to take a fancy to it when he was here, and I offered it to him but he refused.’
‘And now he wants it?’
‘Yes.’
‘I wonder why. How is it in any way connected with him?’
‘I think he came to look on it as some sort of an omen.’
‘Not like him really. I mean . . .’
Demelza thought a moment. Trouble again crossed her brow and then passed. She said: ‘Well, is it not suitable? A loving cup to bring two people together?’
THE LOVING CUP
The tenth Poldark novel
Winston Graham was the author of forty novels, including The Walking Stick, Angell, Pearl and Little God, Stephanie and Tremor. His books have been widely translated and his famous Poldark series has been developed into two television series shown in twenty-four countries. A special two-hour television programme has been made of his eighth Poldark novel, The Stranger from the Sea, whilst a five-part television serial of his early novel The Forgotten Story won a silver medal at the New York Film Festival. Six of Winston Graham’s books have been filmed for the big screen, the most notable being Marnie, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Winston Graham was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and in 1983 was awarded the OBE. He died in July 2003.
ALSO BY WINSTON GRAHAM
The Poldark series
Ross Poldark • Demelza • Jeremy Poldark • Warleggan •
The Black Moon • The Four Swans • The Angry Tide •
The Stranger from the Sea • The Miller’s Dance •
The Twisted Sword • Bella Poldark
Night Journey • Cordelia • The Forgotten Story •
The Merciless Ladies • Night Without Stars • Take My Life •
Fortune Is a Woman • The Little Walls • The Sleeping Partner •
Greek Fire • The Tumbled House • Marnie • The Grove of Eagles •
The Japanese Girl (short stories) • Woman in the Mirror •
The Green Flash • Cameo • Stephanie • Tremor
The Spanish Armada • Poldark’s Cornwall •
Memoirs of a Private Man
First published 1984 by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd
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