He paused significantly before he continued,
“It will, of course, take time and a great deal of application on your part, but you will soon realise and appreciate that the battle that I have thrown myself wholeheartedly into is very well worthwhile.”
He spoke in a grandiose way that Bettina felt she could find no answer to.
Now at last he moved away from the door and opened it.
“Go to your father. You will find that he will be delighted at your news.”
Without saying anything Bettina escaped, feeling almost as if she had been buffeted unconscious by the waves of a tumultuous sea.
She ran down the passage towards her cabin and burst in to find thankfully that her father was still there waiting for her.
He was sitting on the bed reading a newspaper and she flung herself upon him puttin
