chapter 55: so they didn't share the same cabin

Day Twenty-One

Early in the morning Robert was on deck, looking out over the calm sea. Captain Simpson approached him. “Good morning. It looks like the

weather is going to hold, Mr Smith.”

“Yes.”

“We’ll be in Marseilles by three o’clock. Will we be staying there long?”

“I don’t know,” Robert said pleasantly. “We’ll see.”

“Yes, sir.”

Robert watched Simpson stride off. What was there about the man?

Robert walked back to the stern of the yacht and scanned the horizon. He could see nothing, and yet … In the past, his instincts had saved his life

more than once. He had long ago learned to rely on them. Something was wrong.

Over the horizon out of sight, the Italian Navy cruiser Stromboli was stalking the Halcyon.

When Susan appeared for breakfast, she looked pale and drawn.

“Did you sleep well, darling?” Monte asked.

“Fine,” Susan said.

So they didn’t share the same cabin! Robert felt an unreasonable sense of pleasure from that knowledge. He and Susan had always slept in the

same bed, her
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