Something very strange was going on here, she thought

With her fiance in traction and her wedding plans postponed, Leone knew she should be upset.

Instead she felt incredibly relieved. What was the matter with her, she wondered. Didn't she love Simon after all?

And why was Simon so eager to involve her with his friend, yachtsman Gray Ellison, whose idea of "cheering Leone up" was inviting her on a cruise to the Channel Islands and then attempting to seduce her?