“I suppose so,” Yvette said despairingly. “But you say all the Mistresses have refused.”
“They all said they had at supper,” Kelda replied, “including Miss Ashton, who is not in tonight.”
“Then who will the dragon send with me?” Yvette asked.
“I have no idea. Perhaps she has a friend who would like to journey to Africa or perhaps she will go herself.”
“Then I shall definitely jump overboard,” Yvette said firmly. “I am not travelling with old Gladwin and that’s a fact!”
Even as she spoke, the door opened and then to Yvette’s and Kelda’s astonishment Mrs. Gladwin came into the room.
It was unusual for her to leave her own quarters once supper was over and she seldom visited the girls’ bedrooms except for her inspection which took place weekly in the morning.
Then she would walk around
