Andrew’s Cathedral. He had not slept for two days and nights, his thoughts in a constant ferment. And then it came to him.‘You are a diabolical and clever bastard, Alexander Manouk,’ he said to himself.The baby, a four-day-old boy, was baptised, the mark of the cross made on his forehead and he was given the name Robert. His uncle’s nyai was not present. Naturally, as an unmarried woman, she was not in the church. Furthermore, Alex had been told, Shilah had suffered a great deal giving birth and was in bed with a fever, attended by Dr Little.The ceremony and the Sunday service ended in the sparsely populated church. Charlotte held the baby in her arms and all she could think about was Lily and had to force herself to stop the tears she felt about to overwhelm her. Still no word from Zhen and with each day her heart grew colder and colder to him.Now she wanted to leave, for what was there to stay for. The Queen would, by her reckoning, be here in two days. The time to take on new crew, load the holds, would be two or three more days.
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