She locked her door and, having climbed into bed, finished her last book.
It was then that she realised that she would have nothing to read for the next two days, but she felt sure that there would be some books available on board.
*
The next morning Zelina rose very early and went to the Purser’s Office to enquire if there was a library on the ship.
She was told that there were a number of books in the Writing Room, but to please be careful about returning them as a large number went missing on every voyage.
“Even the most respectable people become thieves when it’s a question of a book,” the Purser informed with a smile.
“I expect what happens is that they get halfway through one and cannot bear not to know the ending,” Zelina suggested.
The Purser agreed, thinking that when she s
