CHAPTER FIVEThe Captain had received his orders and they left the Port of Marseilles very early the next morning.
The sun was shining brilliantly and Mellina was so enchanted at the idea of visiting Tunis.
She knew from reading the English newspapers that the French had seized Tunisia the previous year and were now well established and firmly in control of the country.
The majority of the people there spoke French, so they would have little difficulty in communicating with the locals.
But Lord Springdale did not say too much about it being French after Mellina’s experience in Marseilles.
They arrived some hours later at La Goulette, the Port in the Bay of Tunis, and at once found an excellent place where they could anchor the yacht.
As they were both tired after the previous night an
