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She knew there was nothing she would have liked better. All the same, she said instantly in a tart voice, “You’ve made me jump! Thank you for the offer, but I’ve already made arrangements.”

“Cancel them.”

She turned to look at him. “And supposing I don’t want to?” she inquired with deceptive mildness.

His mildness more than equaled hers. “I hope you will change your mind. I would like to talk to you.”

“What about?” She had turned away from him and was giving an answering wave to a passenger going ashore.

“Will you marry me, Octavia?”

She whipped round to stare at him blankly…