He was wondering if this was the end of the interview when the First Lord said,
“I told you, Captain, there were two reasons for your voyage to Antigua. I have not yet told you the first.”
“No, my Lord.”
“You will sail straight to Antigua because you will be carrying on board the prospective wife of the Governor.”
There was a startled silence.
Then Conrad Horn said in a tone that was obviously incredulous,
“A woman? Are you telling me, my Lord, that I shall have a woman as a passenger?”
“She is, in fact, I think Captain Horn, a relative of yours. Her name is Lady Delora Horn and her marriage to Lord Grammell has been arranged by her brother, the Earl of Scawthorn, who is at this moment in Antigua.”
If the First Lord had fired a broadside at Conrad Horn, he could not have been more
