in which there is a bit more hanky-panky and maggie starts making plans

But once he had an idea what would please her, he went at it with gusto, enthusiastically if not especially skilfully. They paused to open the wine and drink it, and then went back to each other.

"You taste of wine," Maggie murmured against the priest's mouth. She licked at his lips. "I like it."

"I can tell."

There was very little she did not like about him in bed. But she was not sorry she had put him off for so long.

"Imagine if you had said yes to me on board your ship," he said, as if he could read her mind. "We could have been doing this so much more often."

"I was never going to sleep with you while we were at sea. We have had this conversation many times. But we are no longer at sea. We may rock the bed, however."

( By now they had rolled over so she was on her back and he on top of her. )

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