CHAPTER FOURTarena’s heart was beating violently as she walked onto the deck holding her uncle’s hand tightly.
Just below she could see a huge crowd of people.
At the front of the quay there was a small platform with a number of men standing on it.
They were all smartly dressed for the occasion and she guessed that they must be the Prime Minister and other officials.
There were only men on the platform. And there were mostly men in the crowd.
They did not cheer.
As she then reached the platform and its occupants bowed to her, a band she had not noticed before burst into the Karlovan National Anthem.
Everyone stood to attention.
Then the man she gathered was the Prime Minister asked her to move forward and she and he stood for a few moments at the front of the platform so the crowd
