I was alone with him in the castle, but he cam and sat with me.
We always talked until the morning and he asked me many questions about England. ‘I have plans to go there myself soon,’ he said. ‘Tell me about sending things to England by ship.’
So we talked about ships and the sea, and I thought about Mina, and her friend Lucy. Lucy and her mother were staying by the sea, and Mina was planning to visit them there some time. Stupidly, I told the Count about them.