However, they found that the bathing dress, although somewhat dilapidated like the rest of her clothes, fitted her perfectly as she had grown so thin.
Nanny gave her a big bath towel to throw over her shoulders.
She ran downstairs to find David, also with a towel over his shoulders, halfway down to the lake.
As she caught up with him, panting a little because she had run so quickly, he remarked,
“The last time I bathed in India it was even hotter in the water than it was outside!”
“I don’t think you will say that now, my Lord.”
Actually the water in the lake was not too cold.
They were regarded angrily by a mallard duck, who collected all her babies and swam away indignantly to the other side of the lake.
David was surprised to find that Benina could swim well and strongly for a wo
