That's the only time when I feel really first-class--when I'm on the water." The mention of the sea started Shirley to talk about her future plans.

She wasn't going back to America until September.

She had arranged to make a stay of three weeks in London and then she would be free.

Some friends of hers from home, a man and his wife who owned a steam yacht, were arranging a trip to the Mediterranean, including a run over to Cairo.

They had asked her and Mrs.Blake to go and she was sure they would ask Jefferson, too.