“I have heard of Sir Charles Brooke – but otherwise I know very little about the country.”
She looked round as she spoke and saw that the library which was so eulogised in the brochure issued by the P. & O. was actually situated in the writing room.
One whole wall was covered with books, locked away behind glass doors.
Lord Saire followed the direction of her eyes.
“I think that you will find quite a great deal here that will interest you,” he said. “And if not, I will try to buy you a book about Sarawak when we reach Alexandria tomorrow.”
“You are so kind – so very very kind,” Bertilla sighed. “I was looking forward to seeing Alexandria, but perhaps it would be unwise for me to go ashore.”
She was thinking of Mr. Van de Kaempfer and Lord Saire said,
“You certainly cannot walk about
