She wondered if she had offended him, or even shocked him, by the way she had talked so openly.
And yet she knew every word was something that she would remember and recite over and over again to herself when she was alone.
Sir Robert told her that the Earl had been invited up onto the bridge by the Captain and, as he was a keen yachtsman, he was enjoying watching them navigate the Liner.
She knew that the Earl exercised regularly in the gymnasium, which was a new facility in the ship.
Now they were in smoother waters he played deck tennis with some of the other passengers, not surprisingly being so good at it that he always emerged the victor.
“We have some excellent bridge in the evening,” Sir Robert said, “which would certainly not amuse you girls. But there is a band and one or tw
