What lovely hair!" and "Oh! isn't he just
too splendid!" they said. 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. But every pulse in his
body was throbbing, and at last he could not control the overmastering
desire to look at her.

She raised herself a little, and began taking the finely-worked,
small-stoned, sapphire pins out of her hat. They had been Cyril's gift.

"Can I help you?" he said.

"It is such soft fur I thought I need not take it off to lie down," she
answered coldly, "but there is something hurting in the back."

He took the thing with its lace veil from her, and the ruffled waves of
her glorious hair as she lay there nearly drove him mad with the longing
to caress.

How, in God's name, would they ever be able to live? He must go outside
and fight with himself.

And she wondered why his face grew so stern. And when she was settled
comfortably again and the boat had started he left her alone.

It was, fortunately, so rough that there were very few people about, and
he went far forward and leant on the rail, and let the salt air blow
into