CHAPTER THREEThe sea in the Mediterranean was calm and blue. Nevertheless the Duchess said she preferred to remain in her cabin and Sophie said the same and it seemed extraordinary to Titania they should not want to look at the beauty all around them. There was the great Rock of Gibraltar, glimpses of the Northern coast of Africa, then the island of Malta and finally the many Greek islands in the Aegean Sea and the Eastern coastline of Greece. All of these sights thrilled Titania. Even while the ship was pitching and rolling in the Bay of Biscay, she had managed to attend her lessons with Darius. They had laughed when the books slipped off the table and found it amusing when it became so rough that it was easier to sit on the floor than on a chair. Darius was astonished how quickly T