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as though I didn't care a hoot about letting Hubert
scarlet with annoyance . " How I happened to be marooned
and his pals down . "
look as though it was only what you expected of me ,
" Oh , drop that nonsense , Piers !
to understand all the whys and
wherefores of your actions , " he said
stiffly . " Still less to criticise you . "
path fringed and shaded by citrus trees .
brought the jeep to a standstill in a rough
" If you want my true opinion I 'll give it .
" As your employee it 's not my business
Be yourself , " she exclaimed , with
mounting exasperation . " Very well ! " He
the matter because , very naturally , you were
sake show a glimmer of reason , " was his
You made some sort of a protest to Graybury .
equally indignant rejoinder .
I 'll give you credit for that . But you didn't press
idyllic surroundings . " " How dare you say
thoroughly enjoying Forrest's company in
such a thing ? " she blazed . " For goodness'
from him to fondle Judy , who , sensing something
amiss , was nudging her in the endeavour to
" I know . Absurd as it may seem , I didn't want
have had it in for Guy .
if I had absolutely insisted on sailing at the
gain her attention . " The truth is that
you to think badly of me . " She turned away
time originally arranged , Sir John would
on Guy's part that we missed seeing the
You see , it was , apparently , through a mistake
hardly have spoken with more contempt .
dares to stand up to him . "
" What harm could possibly have come to Forrest
flamingoes our first morning on the island . "
through Sir John's nonsense ? " Piers could
A bully like that respects anyone who
trying to say that Hewson would victimise
precisely the remark she had made to Guy .
important customers . " " So what ? You 're not
Graybury is one of Mr. Hewson's most
Forrest for behaving with ordinary moral
courage !
island I needn't tell you that Sir John
Beryl tried to suppress the thought that this was
She said icily , " As you pride yourself on
your knowledge of all the affairs of the
" What they can bring off ! I 'll admit that .
between what a senior and a junior
himself and his business to an unmention-
He 's quite capable of telling Sir John to take
partner can do , " was her quick reply .
able destination . " " There 's a difference
But Forrest might at least have tried . He 's
pretty spineless ! "
with Sir John ? " she enquired cuttingly .
I doubt it . He 's about as easy to push around
an attempt to show my lady-love that I
at that , but went on airily , " I 'd have made
" For all your good opinion of yourself ,
put her interests before my own .
as - as a grounded whale ! " He had to smile
" You think you could have carried more weight
that her failure to appear at a function
man was , she thought impatiently ,
and warm sympathy , as she explained
to have been guests at yesterday's
on the estate was a major error :
how she had come to miss the party ,
made her send a complacent glance
celebrations , and their friendly welcome
Their air of smiling somnolence showed them
in Piers' direction . What a fuss-box the
trying to worry her into the belief
toothless mouth stretched in a wide grin , told her
at the Villa in time .
beside her , his battered hat in his hand , his
would be 3" plenty , plenty sad " not to be back
explained right at the start that " 3Mis' Beryl "
in halting 6patois that " 3Mistah Piers " had
And then she received a jolt . Old Hubert , standing
could see 3anudder 3t'ing , " he went on in a
to all kin' o' boats , wid d'ose big , big
We all know how Balicou Island dangerous
lower voice , his sunken black eyes twinkling .
That it wouldn't be her fault at all . That
took the highest pride in keeping her word . " I
she was a lady who , like her Uncle Charles ,
3" He powerful anxious , poor Mistah Piers .
rocks in an' out o' de water .
habit .
day . Though he did not refuse wine , which the
did not act as though he found it necessary
except in moderate compliance with his father's
ways , even to reading law about two hours each
judge always had on the table at dinner , he
He had almost entirely settled back into his old
against them with the lift of the next wave .
of a mile and a half , came the yawl under her full