chapter twoIt was Mr. Krissam who organised everything.
He arranged for somebody to be always in attendance on Mr. Vanderhault as he lay unconscious in his State room and Crisa learned from the doctor that he had in fact suffered a severe stroke.
She was left with nothing to do except sit in her own room, reading the magazines that Mr. Krissam had supplied before they left England and books from the Liner’s library.
Twice a day she walked around the deck because she thought that it was what she should do, but she was too shy to speak to anybody, or to make conversation with those who bade her a friendly ‘good morning’ or ‘good afternoon’.
She therefore had no contact with the outside world and, when they reached New York, she was overwhelmed by her introductions into American life, whe
