Now he could feel her close to him on the bed.
Once again she was softly massaging his forehead with her fingers.
She did not speak and he thought that perhaps she no longer had anything to say.
Then, as she slipped off the bed, he heard Newman enter and was aware that Amina was to go on deck while Newman attended to his bandaged shoulder and clean the rest of his body.
On deck Amina went at once to talk to the Captain.
“How far are we from Gibraltar?” she enquired.
“We will arrive there the day after tomorrow,” he replied. “As your Ladyship knows, I have been going very slowly so as not to disturb his Lordship. We have been lucky that the sea has been so smooth and there have been no waves to throw him about as his valet was frightened might happen.”
“Newman has been splendid,” Ami
