63 Ola and the Sea Wolf by Barbara Cartland

Author:Barbara Cartland
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781782133742
Publisher: M-Y Books
Published: 2013-06-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

The Sea Wolf sailed into a small bay surrounded by high cliffs.

They peaked so high that they looked like a mountain rising from a small sandy beach and Ola, watching every movement, exclaimed with delight when the anchor went down.

“What an ideal place!” she said to the Marquis. “I do wish we could swim in this clear water.”

“I am afraid you would find it very cold,” he replied, “it may look inviting, but the sea can be very treacherous at this time of the year.”

“There is always some excuse for my not doing what I want to do,” Ola pouted and he laughed.

“I don’t intend to be sorry for you,” he said. “You get your own way far too much already!”

She gave him a mischievous glance from under her eyelashes and he knew that she was being provocative in a manner he had grown used to, yet still found alternately irritating and intriguing.

The seamen had already lowered a rowing boat into the water and, as Ola and the Marquis climbed down a rope ladder into it, other men were bringing the empty water canisters up from below decks.

“I want to see this spring,” Ola asked, as they were rowed away towards the shore.

They went to the spring first and it was, in fact, rather disappointing to look at.

There was only a small amount of water flowing from the dark rock, but, when they tasted it, the Marquis knew that the Captain had been right in saying it was both pure and clear.

“If we were enterprising,” Ola suggested, “we would start a spa here and sell the water to people with ailments, most of which I am convinced are imaginary.”

“I think the Spanish might object to that,” the Marquis replied with a smile.

They moved away from the spring over the soft golden sand and Ola, looking up at the cliffs rising about it, said,

“Think what a wonderful view there must be from the top, not only over the sea but over the land behind it. I have always wanted to see Spain.”

“Are you suggesting we should climb it?” the Marquis asked.

“Why not?” Ola enquired. “It would be very good for us to take some exercise after being cooped up in the yacht for so long.”

“I admit to missing my riding,” the Marquis agreed, “but I think that you would find it a hard climb.”

Ola did not answer for a moment. She was looking at the small tracks up the side of the cliff she thought must have been made by wild goats.

Then with a smile she exclaimed,

“That is a challenge! And because I always accept one, I am quite prepared to race you to the top and beyond!”

“Nonsense!” the Marquis replied. “It would be far too much for you. If you would like to sit on the sand, you can watch me climb some of the way up, then I can inform you what the view is like.”

“I am not going to tell you what I think of that suggestion,”

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