[The Reason Why by Elinor Glyn]@TWC D-Link bookThe Reason Why CHAPTER XVII 9/10
And the maid and the valet, carrying the jewel case, dressing bags, cushion and sable rug, followed, to the young ladies' extra delight. The _apanages_ of a great position, when augmented by the romance of a wedding journey, are dear to the female heart. They had the large cabin on the upper deck of the _Queen_, and it was noticed that until the London train could be expected to arrive the bridal pair went outside and sat where they could not be observed, with a view towards Dover Castle.
But it could not be seen that they never spoke a word and that each read a book. When it seemed advisable to avoid the crowd Tristram glanced up and said, "I suppose we shall have to stay in that beastly cabin now, or some cad will snapshot us.
Will you come along ?" And so they went. "It is going to be really quite rough," he continued, when the door was shut.
"Would you like to lie down--or what ?" "I am never the least ill, but I will try and sleep," Zara answered resignedly, as she undid her chinchilla coat. So he settled the pillows, and she lay down, and he covered her up; and as he did so, in spite of his anger with her and all his hurt pride he had the most maddeningly strong desire to kiss her and let her rest in his arms.
So he turned away brusquely and sat down at the farther end, where he opened the window to let in some air, and pulled the curtain over it, and then tried to go on with his book.
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