CHAPTER FIVEThe first gift that Sir John bought for them both was a yacht.
“It will make us independent,” he said, “otherwise when we are most enjoying ourselves we will have to hurry to catch a ship to take us to the next Port of call. Then we may miss something very significant.”
“I have always wanted to travel on a yacht,” Melita replied. “Papa talked about his, but I am sure you are right in thinking that it is rather out of date. Our new one will be very modern in every possible way.”
Sir John found exactly the yacht he wanted when they moved from Paris down to Marseilles.
The yacht was up to date and had the very latest engines. It had been built for an American millionaire who at the last moment had either changed his mind or lost his money, but he had gone back to America w
