Each felt that the _deus ex machina_ had arrived, and that the subject of the yachting excursion would be immediately broached.
"Immense luck, finding you both," remarked the Duke when he was seated.
"We have been reading.

It is so pleasant here," said Margaret, to say something.
"I have come to thank you for your kind note, Countess.

It is extremely good of you to go in such a party, with your taste for literature and those sort of things." "I am sure it is I who ought to thank you, Duke.

But when are we to sail ?" "About the tenth of next month, I should say.

Will that be convenient ?" Margaret turned to Claudius.
"Do you think we can finish our book by the tenth, Dr.Claudius ?" "If not," broke in the Duke, "there is no reason why you should not finish it on board.