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