“Books? That’s something I am not often asked for,” the Captain replied. “But in actual fact we have quite a number. You will find them, Miss Shenley, in the card room.”
He smiled and added,
“You need not feel shy about going there alone, if that is your intention, as at the moment, I feel it is still too rough for many people to wish to gamble their money on games of chance,”
“Thank you very much,” Alida said and hurried after Mary and Count Ivan praying that her cousin would not have missed her.
She need not have worried herself, for, when she reached the Saloon, it was to see that they were sitting together at the far end deep in conversation and she felt that to join them would be embarrassing.
She therefore asked one of the crew the way to the card room and, having found quite an
