“But she takes two sleeping draughts every night, because she says that Papa snores.”
The Marquis smiled.
“That is exactly what I wanted to hear. Now listen, Celina, we must not make any mistakes.”
“No – of course not, my Lord.”
“What I want you to do is creep back to your room quietly and collect whatever clothes you need to take with you. Sensible things, because you will be at sea.”
“You are taking me – on your yacht?”
“We have to reach it first. So do exactly what I tell you. Go to your room that I know is not far from here and I think it would be best if you packed everything into a sheet rather than a box. My valet, Gilbert, will carry it for you, so you can take quite a lot of clothes. Once we are away from here we can always stop and buy anything you may have forgotten.
