Chapter 178

• Elizabeth slept badly again and was up soon after six, gazing out at the shadowy silhouettes of the palms swaying beside the veranda.
• She was waiting for the first trace of daylight to appear on the horizon, that tinge of pink that would rapidly turn to lemon-yellow as the sun began its morning ascent.
• She wasn’t dressed yet, but she would have loved to put on a vest and shorts, or even her swimsuit, and go down to the ocean. The water was so warm and appealing, and she longed to plunge her sticky body into the waves.