F. They had been playing tennis, with
his manifest intention looming over her. She was
dressed as English girls do dress for town, without either coquetry or harshness:
her collarless blouse confessed a pretty neck, her eyes were bright and steady,
and her dark hair waved loosely and graciously over her ears. Only a few weeks ago there was a bloody battle on
the bridge there between the soldiery and the local police. O'Higgins. ’
Roding looked struck. “Compromise—and kindness. Why do
women take to lies and deceit and trickery as naturally as a duck to water?”
“You are not alluding, I hope, to Miss Pellissier?” Ennison said stiffly. ‘Obstinate fool!’
She saw Gosse raise a hand, and dug into her nun’s habit for the knife she had
not thought to need. . He was a
business man, pure and simple, his eyes were fastened always upon the practical
side of life. ‘You heard Gosse—I mean, the man you know as Valade?’
‘Clear as day, miss,’ he uttered.
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