Chapter twoZelina was feeling very shy when it was time to go down to dinner.
However, when she entered the Dining Saloon and gave a Steward her name, she found that he escorted her not to the large table in the centre of the room, which was already nearly full, but to one of the single tables that were positioned round the walls.
She realised that this had been arranged for her by the Russian Embassy and was grateful that she did not have to talk to strangers, some of whom looked rather rough and became more and noisier as the meal proceeded.
She had been eating for only a short while when she saw Lord Charnock come into the Saloon, looking, she thought, very tall and disdainful of everybody and the surroundings that he found himself in.
He was escorted to a table at the far end of th
