“I forgot to tell you, Miss Hyde,” he said, “that tonight we are having a dinner party. I am going to anchor the yacht in a small Harbour down the coast of Johore. I have asked the Sultan, who is an old friend, and a number of other people who live in that Province to join us for dinner. They are very anxious to meet my future wife and very honoured that they should be the first to have the opportunity to do so.”
“I will tell Letty,” Dorinda replied and went below.
Letty was asleep and Dorinda went to the cabin occupied by Sister Teresa and told her what Maximus Kirby had said.
“I was expecting something like this,” the Sister said. “Don’t you worry. Lady Lettice has been so much better lately since I have explained to her that she must think about other people’s happiness before her ow
