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| Ashton. "I'm sorry, darling," she murmured. "What did you say? For a moment I was caught up in admiring Captain Kelton's hotel." |

| "The captain has said that our suite is ready," Ashton said, leaning down so close to her his breath teased her ear. "Shall we depart, my love, and enjoy a full evening and night of privacy?" |

| Again Sasha blushed, a warmth blossoming within her. "Yes, darling, let's," she whispered back. "But a suite? Did you say that we are to have a suite?" |

| "The captain says that he wouldn't have it any other way than for us to have the fanciest room in his hotel," Ashton said, smiling over his shoulder at Captain Kelton who was now puffing on a thin cheroot, seeming to enjoy making two lovebirds the happiest people in Narrung. |

| "How kind," Sasha said, then tingled all over when Ashton placed an arm around her waist and drew her close to his side, walking her toward a magnificent spiral staircase at the far end of the room. |

| "Thank you, Captain," he said, looking over his shoulder at the captain. He mocked a half salute toward him, then suddenly swept Sasha up into his arms and began carrying her up the staircase. |

| "My word, Ashton," Sasha said, giggling as she held onto her hat. She gazed behind her at the people gaping at them from the lobby. "Please put me down. We are making a spectacle of ourselves." |

| "We are expected to," Ashton chuckled. "We are newlyweds." |

| "Perhaps," Sasha said, resignedly removing her hat so that it would not tumble from her head and |

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