Chapter 60

She ran the tip of a first finger down his cheek. “You’ve got a skin like a girl’s.” “I haven’t. Try my chin.” “Lordy—you’ll have to shave to-morrow morning. Won’t it be funny? Can you manage with Thames water?” He rubbed his cheek against her hair. “Hot water—all right. The place I know of where we can lay to for the night—fits you out with eggs and hot water. All the advantages of civilisation.” “What’s it like?” “An ex-officer man and his wife run a bungalow and a garden. Give teas and lunches. There is a little…