She could imagine that most of her contemporaries would have wanted to take a young man with them and they could then have someone to dance, talk and flirt with.
Now, as she went to her cabin, which was very beautifully decorated, she was thinking how lucky she was to be here all alone.
The Captain had asked her if she wanted to use her father’s State room. It was the Master cabin and naturally the largest and most significant in the yacht.
But Orina had preferred the cabin that she had always used on trips with her father.
It had been specially decorated for her and had been hers ever since the yacht was first commissioned.
Her father had owned another yacht when her mother had been alive. It was very comfortable and decorated beautifully to her taste.
They had spent many voyages al
