Chapter 4“I have never had a more wonderful meal!” Selina exclaimed as dinner was finished and the Stewards withdrew from the Saloon.
“I am glad you enjoyed it,” the Duke replied.
“If I ate like this every day, I would soon grow fat!”
“You have a long way to go before you need worry about that!” the Duke smiled.
They had risen from the table and seated themselves in two comfortable armchairs at the other end of the Saloon.
Decorated in pale green with exquisite prints on the walls, it seemed very unlike a ship and Selina had already told the Duke how attractive she thought it was.
Sitting back with a glass of brandy in his hand and Selina opposite him, the Duke thought that despite her peasant dress she looked like a nymph who might have risen from the sea.
All day they had steamed
