Besides, I have a table," she added in a nebulous manner.
So Godfrey followed her to the dining car, where he made an excellent meal.
"You don't seem to eat much," he said at length.

"You have only had a cup of tea and half a bit of toast." "I never can when I am going on the sea," she explained.

"I expect I shall be very ill, and you will have to look after me, and you know the less you eat, well--the less you can be ill." "Why did you not tell me that before ?" he remarked, contemplating his empty plate with a gloomy eye.

"Besides I expect we shall be in different parts of the ship." "Oh! I daresay it can be arranged," she answered.
And as a matter of fact, it was "arranged," all the way to Lucerne.

At Dover station Miss Ogilvy had a hurried interview at the ticket office.
Godfrey did not in the least understand what she was doing, but as a result he was her companion throughout the long journey.