She could understand the horror and apprehension that had been aroused the previous year when the French gunboats had opened fire on the Siamese coastal towns. They had terrified the inhabitants in their wooden homes built on stilts that jutted out into the water.
When they anchored and Tarina could see in the distance the gilded pinnacles of the Temples and Palaces, she felt that Bangkok was just as exciting as she had expected it to be.
The only thing that worried her was how she could go ashore and see everything.
However Hunt assured her that, as the Marquis would undoubtedly be busy in conference with the King, there would be plenty of time for her to see the City and everything in it.
“I only hope you are right,” Tarina told him.
She went up on deck very early in the morning bef
