‘It will not be hospitable to allow you to keep on such wet clothes.’ My clothes were perfectly dry, but the winks and smiles that the young ladies exchanged as they began to disrobe me led me cheerfully to submit while they proceeded to divest me of every article of clothing. Velvet vests, skirts of lawn and silken trousers were rapidly flung to the floor. Her eyes were sparkling brown, but her long hair was black. I had snatched a hearty kiss from one and all of them as they had gathered round to undress me. They were brimful of mischief and were evidently bent on making the most of the unexpected company of a young man. I drifted towards a large building which was the only one to be seen; it rose from the rocks near the water’s edge. Beneath the stern windows which lighted my cabin lay a boat, into which I got by sliding down a rope which held it to the ship. The other ladies had gathered round us; their kisses rained on
