CHAPTER FOURBefore dressing for dinner that evening, Justina went to check on Mrs. Arbuthnot and her daughters.
All were still suffering from dreadful seasickness.
Blessing the fact that she seemed to be an excellent sailor, she returned to her cabin.
What was she to do now about this evening?
It must be wrong to accept Sir Thomas’s invitation to dine with him, but she knew how persuasive he could be.
And what would Lord Castleton think if he saw her dining with Sir Thomas? Justina was not sure why she was so worried about this prospect but she was.
Agonising over her quandary, she fought her way along the pitching corridor back to her cabin.
Just before she reached her door, Lord Castleton came out of his cabin.
“Miss Mansell,” he acknowledged her formally. “Finished your card gam
