He could feel her trembling and he realised that she was not dressed but was wearing only a nightgown.
Her body was very slim and immature and she was trembling in a manner that the Marquis had never previously encountered.
“It’s all right,” he said soothingly.
“Are – we going to the – bottom?”
He could hardly near the words as they were spoken against his coat.
“I can promise you that if we do I shall ask for my money back. The Sea Horse was guaranteed as being seaworthy.”
He hoped as he spoke that the laughter in his voice would reassure her.
She did not seem to tremble so violently, but she did not move and her face was still hidden.
“I-I am – afraid,” she stuttered after a moment. “I cannot – help it. I have – always been afraid in a – storm.”
“That is quite understandable,” t
