Although parties had been held for her at home, they had been children’s parties – with children’s games.
Now she wanted to dance and to feel she was not a debutante but a woman.
When she climbed into bed, she said her nightly prayers, taking care to thank God for bringing Captain Rupert More into her life and praying that the handsome Captain would remember his promise to her.
When finally she fell asleep, it was to dream that she was dancing a waltz in the moonlight.
Rupert was with her, but he was not touching her in her dream and somehow she wanted him to.
*
In his own cabin Rupert was thinking about Tania.
At the very same time he was worrying about what would actually happen if, as he thought inevitable, England went to war.
As his father had said so often, the worst thing wa
