“I’ve told him to go to the Royal Cumberland, miss,” he said as he helped Shikara in.
As she reached for her purse, he added,
“I’ll tip the porter, miss. I hope you have a good journey.”
“Thank you so much, Hignet.”
She smiled at the efficient little man. As the carriage moved away, she felt almost as if she was leaving a friend behind.
‘Now I really am on my own,’ she told herself.
As soon as they were clear of the Station, she knocked to alert the driver and tell him that she wished to go first to the best jewellers in the town.
*
The Marquis drove to the Harbour, leaving Hignet to follow in another carriage with the luggage.
He had instructed the Captain of his yacht to be ready to sail at any time he required, it was one of the conditions that the Captain had agreed to when ha
