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He drank hi, he ordered a bath fros, and once bathed and shaven, he felt like a new ht hi a friend, Siobhan O’Hara, at a public house with a lady’s tea room There was also a lovely outside patio

And Siobhan’s personal apartments were atop the lower level public house

She would be delighted if he ht pass by

Discreetly

Immediately, he felt overcome by emotion And he realized, sadly, that Victoria had understood the extent of her father’s temper and determination That would not deter him If she wished it, he would be discreet

And so he donned his hat and set out on the street until he reached O’Hara’s There, he paused, uncertain, but a young lady came from the house, Miss Siobhan O’Hara, as pretty as a picture with her blazing red hair and snapping green eyes "Why, Captain Miller! How lovely to see you I have a box that needs lifting around back, if you’d be so good as to assist me?"

"Aye, with pleasure," he assured her, and so he walked around with her to the rear of the establishment and the delivery entrance "I really do have a box of Cuban ruhter "If you would?"

"As I said, dear Miss O’Hara, with pleasure!"

He lifted the box, and set it where she directed just inside the storage rooer to her lips, winked, and led him to a stairway

"You’ll not be disturbed!" she promised, and disappeared outside

He walked up the stairs When he reached the door at the top of the stairs and was about to knock, the door flew open

Victoria was there

She drew him in

She did not speak

She slid into his arms, as if they had been betrothed for years, as if they were known lovers, and she was greeting him as was only proper

They kissed, and her lips were pure sweetness, her breath was ht have lacked in experience, she quicklyher, he felt his linite into fever He tried so hard to hold back, but she would have none of it

"Please!" she commanded "I watched you on the streets forever! We would meet, and you would ask about my welfare and mention the weather And noe have talked, and we know our hearts and ainst her lips, aching And yet, he loved her--he would never force anything upon her He would wait He would fight He would die for her

She laughed Ah, that melody of sound Her eyes icked as they touched upon his "I am a proper woman as well, ed for you sowithin him seemed to explode with a thousand rockets, and his need for her was urgent and desperate, and still…

She would not wait They tangled in a passionate kiss She was a deter, until they both struggled to rid one another of the cumbersome costume that was only proper on the streets, yet so i as they struggled with stays and laces and ties, and he laughed, asking her hoas ever going to put her all back together again

"You’ve never disrobed a woman before, Captain?" she teased "Why do I doubt that?"