The Goddess Of Love by Barbara Cartland

Author:Barbara Cartland
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781782138631
Publisher: Barbara Cartland Ebooks ltd
Published: 2016-06-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Corena awoke and found to her relief that she now felt her normal self.

For the first time she was able to look around the cabin and thought it very pretty.

She liked the pink curtains with their while lilies and she realised, although she had never been in such a large yacht before, that all the fittings were very cleverly designed and attached to the walls.

There was a large mirror with a lot of drawers under it that made it an excellent dressing table. The cupboards were concealed by being white like the rest of the cabin.

The bed too was very comfortable and she lay for a little while enjoying the sunshine flooding in every time the ship rolled.

She fancied, although she was not sure, that the sea was smoother than it had been when she went to sleep.

Yet it was difficult to remember anything except that her head had not seemed to belong to her.

Suddenly she remembered that now she was herself again she would have to face Lord Warburton.

She felt a little tremor of fear run through her.

As she did so, there was a discreet knock and before she could answer, Hewlett put his head round the door.

“’Mornin’, miss!” he said. “I thought you’d be awake and I needn’t ask if you’ve had a good night, I knows you have!”

“I slept – peacefully,” Corena replied, “and I remember now that you unpacked for me and gave me something to eat. Thank you – very much!”

“That’s all right, miss,” Hewlett said, “and I expect now you’d like me to run your bath, then when you’re dressed, you’ll be able to go up to the Saloon and talk to his Lordship.”

He did not wait for Corena’s reply, but disappeared into the bathroom.

She wondered if she could say that she was too ill and would like to stay in bed for at least a few more hours before she encountered Lord Warburton.

Then she knew that she was being cowardly.

When Hewlett told her that he had run her bath and not to let it get cold, she realised that she must climb out of bed.

“I’ll be back in a quarter-of-an-hour to button your gown,” he said, “and it’s somethin’ I’m real good at!”

He gave her an impish grin and went from the cabin.

Corena sensed that she still had to walk carefully in case she staggered and to hold onto something when the yacht rolled in a deep trough.

She managed to have a bath and enjoy it and she found that Hewlett had laid out all her underclothes on a chair.

She did not feel embarrassed because he was a man.

Yesterday he had seemed so like an experienced kindly Nanny that she still thought of him that way.

She had buttoned the top buttons at the back of her gown and was doing her hair when he came back.

“That’s better!” he approved. “You’ll feel your old self again, miss, soon as you’ve been out in the fresh air. But you’ll need a shawl, it’s still a bit nippy outside.

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