1/16 Her maid was ready to wait upon her, and her bath was of salt water fresh from the sea. She descended to find Andrew at work in the garden, the sun already high in the heavens, and the sea as blue and placid as though the storm of the night before were a thing long past and forgotten. "I take your rooms, Monsieur Andrew. I will import as many chaperons as you please, but I will not leave this island." "I am afraid," he answered smiling, "that there are other people who would have something to say about that. |