CHAPTER SEVENWhen they reached Egypt the Angelina entered the Suez Canal that connected the Mediterranean with the Red Sea and shortened the trip to India by several weeks. As they glided down the hundred-mile canal the three of them stood at the front of the boat, while the wind streamed past them.
“This is the life,” Anthony sighed. “What are you expecting to do when you reach India, Mountwood?”
“I’ve been wondering that myself,” the Earl replied. “I have to report back to Her Majesty of course, but I think, from what I’ve heard, our troops need encouragement and reassurance that people at home have not forgotten them.”
There was silence for a moment.
Then Venetia said,
“Of course, it’s a very long way from England. If they have left behind their wives and children, it’s miserable f
