Each, perhaps unconsciously, had a vague desire that it might last for ever, he lazily pulling, she directing his course at intervals by a movement of her distractingly pretty head.

How was this condition of affairs to be explained?
Well, they were both young; they both had superb health, and all the ardour of youth; and--they were together.
The boat was very small indeed; her face was scarcely a yard from his.
She, in his eyes, surrounded by the glamour of beauty and vast wealth; he, in her eyes, surrounded by the glamour of masculine intrepidity and the brilliance of a throne.
But all voyages come to an end, either at the shore or at the bottom of the sea, and at length the dinghy passed between the stone jetties of the harbour.

The Prince rowed to the nearest steps, tied up the boat, and they landed.

It was six o'clock in the morning, and a day of gorgeous sunlight had opened.

Few people were about at that early hour.
'And now, what next ?' said the Prince.