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on the clearest night limited angular vision . He glanced
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He was able to pick out towns , unrecognisable to the
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was resting could really mean hundreds of knots .
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ahead of time , " said Alastair . " We 'll run
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pitch changed as the nose of the aircraft
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Now , as Alastair reduced the thrust , the
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dipped slightly . The needle of the speed
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miles from their destination .
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they were still more than four hundred
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in on minimum engine power . " Geoffrey
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before coming to rest at 5.0 . " We 're a bit
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smiled . Alastair talked of running in when
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recorder swung gently through 8.0 , 7.0 , 6.0
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indication pointed to Eve being held .
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by special helicopter from the Horse Guards
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Parade to Boscombe Down , slept for six blessed
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along which he had motored so desperately little
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on the bridge over the Po , barely forty miles to port .
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They were nearing Modena . Geoffrey focused the radar scanner
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more than twenty-four hours earlier . Since then
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conference in Bruce Denton's office , been whisked
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thought he could recognise the route of N12 ,
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he had flown to England , attended the vital
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refreshing hours and had now completed two-thirds
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of the journey back to the place where every
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He was able to trace the course of the river ; he
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Tartaro at a few minutes past ten on the
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It came to just over six hundred
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previous night . He worked out the distance
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movements of the Bentley . It had passed
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him at the temporary bridge over the
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on the presumption that its route had been
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through Florence and Rome and then
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miles .
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Geoffrey set himself to consider the
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across Italy via Foggia to Barletta .
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reproaches - and here he was bland and smiling .
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own veranda , that he had taken the liberty of
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to come over and make the presentation in her stead .
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was less pleasant than appeared on the surface .
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To Beryl , at least , this was anti-climax with a
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asking Jack - as a representative of the Vallin family -
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But it did not take her long to realise that his mood
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vengeance . She had expected to be met with violent
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He told her nonchalantly , as he led the way to his
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coming back from Barbados so soon . " Beryl
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too . They 're both here . " " I didn't know she was
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" I caught him just as he was going to the
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of fact I 'd asked him last night to deputise
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said the first thing that came into her head .
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for me and fetch her . He brought her to the party
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airport to meet Blanche , " he said . " As a matter
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north of the island .
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poured cold water on the project . Everyone , he declared ,
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had had a thoroughly good time , and it would take them
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nearly to next week to settle down again . Meanwhile
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express their disgust at Sir John's abominable treatment
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of his guests . But Piers remained aloof , and when Beryl
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suggested having a second party , the following week , he
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Hubert would have betaken himself and his well-
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Jack and Blanche were quick to sympathise , and to
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earned gratuity to his native village at the
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with injustice and contempt , ignoring
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It was all over and done with .
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it go at that , but she resolved to have
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ignorant child .
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her explanations as though he were
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For the time being Beryl was content to let
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opportunity presented itself . He must
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it out with Piers when a reasonable
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learn that he could not treat her
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a schoolmaster and she a small ,
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her great disappointment at being
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them . But next morning she insisted
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He gave her no chance of any private
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relations , and tell them of
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held up in Balicou .
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conversation that evening , for when
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to find , if possible , Hubert and his
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Blanche and Jack left , he went with
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on his taking her out in the jeep -
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he asked , letting in the clutch . " No ; I want
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beside him . " Is that all you want to do ? "
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to make you understand just what happened
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coldly . " I 'm a little tired of being treated
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about this Balicou trip , " she returned
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With an air of resignation he sent Judy , his
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like an ineffective imbecile . "
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Boxer , to the back , and made room for her
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to make the presentation , I run the damned
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to account for my manners , " he retorted .
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" And I 'm heartily sick of being constantly called
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sugary things you ought to have been there
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you the best way I can by getting hold of Jack
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fault . "
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" What have I done wrong now ? I cover up for
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party to the best of my ability - saying the
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to say - and all you can do is to find
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" It 's your superior attitude that riles me . " Beryl was
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at Balicou doesn't interest you in the faintest degree . You
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