Angela gasped and stood still.
“I don’t understand you. What boat?”
Natalie raised her eyebrows.
“Ees eet not so?”
“But he tell papa—yes. He say eet ees no place for you—ziss terr-ble climate. And you are so beautiful.”
Angela felt as though a cold hand had suddenly gripped her heart. So it had come to that in less than two days!
“You are mistaken,” she said.
“But zat is strange. But, ma cherie, would not you be glad to get away?”
Angela made no reply. She felt as though she was choking. They entered the house and found Jim talking with Devinne.