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I was telling E about my strange encounter with the ghost – or whatever – of Bunty Winterthorne and she hinted I might find out more about the mysterious paintings on my walls at our first port of call, the Island of the Temple People. She was most mysterious but gave me the address of a tavern, and told me to ask for a famous pirate called Sinbad. Sinbad? Sinbar? Could it be? I shall cetainly follow up her suggestion.She would say no more but smiled in that enchanting way of hers.

I am looking forward to the Island – we have all been invited to dress up and attend the carnival. I will dig out my tarot cards and one of my Lemurian dresses and go as a Gypsy fortune teller. Who knows, I may even read some fortunes!

In the meantime, the moon is very bright and full over the Lemurian sea, the night air is warm,and it is far too lovely a night to be in my cabin. I will find a deck chair on the top deck and lay back to wait for the sunrise.

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