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" That is a pretty dress , " Lilyan commented , obviously sensing | |
Because she was second best . The others came back | |
knowing that they were real friends , even if they were new ones . | |
Gay's distress and in a way that Doc , as a man , could not | |
she felt happier . Gay loved them for their warm sympathy , | |
to the table , all of them making a fuss of her and at once | |
was hurt for herself . | |
one has to know something about fishing | |
I don't think I 'd go to Edinburgh un- | |
take my pick , whereas in Yarmouth | |
be a doctor , and I already know | |
home , or perhaps a student studying to | |
" There are all sorts of wonder- | |
less I was a Scot and wanting to get | |
ful jobs in London and I could | |
and in Liverpool they 'd want sea-farers . | |
all about that . " | |
Sometimes they talked on the theme of " when we get married " , | |
and then all was wonderful , and perhaps it had only been | |
that lark , I can tell you ! " | |
a slip of the tongue when Nigel had said , only last | |
She was engaged to Nigel , had been for two years . | |
evening , " If we get married , old girl , you 'll have to stop | |
been standing in for Luke Parsons at his surgery in | |
Little Phelpham . | |
She couldn't remember what they had been talking about or | |
with it was coupled a disembodied fragment of information , | |
which ' lark ' she would have to stop , only that significant tiny | |
which now took on an ominous significance : Nigel had been | |
word shouted into her very soul a horn of warning , and | |
seen in Farlingham on an occasion he had sworn he had | |
the situation would have been intolerable | |
when she was not free ; this much they had | |
about their relationship . So when Nigel | |
Now Nigel had every right to go where he | |
had there not been some give and take | |
liked during his off-duty periods | |
had told her about taking Luke's | |
conceded one to the other . They rarely | |
found they were off duty together , and | |
evening surgery she had said , | |
of variety and it 's a change . " Nigel was the hospital's | |
he shrugged diffidently , " I like the work . One gets plenty | |
asked hopefully . | |
suppose , to meet me for supper somewhere ? " she had | |
Junior Medical Officer . " You won't be free about nine , I | |
" Bless you ! I hope Luke is suitably grateful , darling . " " Oh , well , " | |
I 've got to see 'em . If I am free , though , | |
" Hardly likely , my sweet . Luke's surgery goes on for | |
I 'll give you a ring , O.K. ? " O.K. , " she had | |
replied readily . So how could Nigel have | |
dancing with a blonde at eight-thirty that | |
hours . If they get in before eight-thirty , even | |
though they 're standing on one another's toes , | |
been at the Load of Trouble roadhouse , | |
very evening ? | |
face , Di , but it certainly looked like | |
NUF 121 . " " He probably loaned his car | |
" No , " she told Phil Gubbins , a junior | |
Nigel from the back . D.j. and all . | |
Young Gubbins shrugged . " I didn't see his | |
to somebody , Phil . He 's always doing that . " | |
to go into the Load of Trouble . " | |
Of course such as I couldn't afford | |
houseman , " it wasn't Nigel you saw , | |
my lad . " " It was Nigel's car , anyway . | |
With a blonde , too . Imagine ! " Nigel was frowning . He | |
mouth , an act of devotion he didn't over-indulge . | |
suddenly in an upsurging of relief , " that stupid | |
Gubbins boy thought he saw you at the Load of Trouble . | |
" 5Ye-es ? " he lowered his eyes and kissed her on the | |
handsome at other times . | |
" What about it , my sweet ? " " Well , " she laughed | |
looked distinguished when he frowned ; boyishly | |
" Gubbins ? Gubbins ? " he fretted . " Who 's he ? " | |
he now demanded . " What was he | |
member of the staff , distinguished or not , | |
Nigel often had to think hard to sort | |
doing at the Load of Trouble ? " | |
them out . " He 's the carrotty lad , isn't he ? " | |
Though Diana knew the name of every | |
" Don't be such a baby ! " They were going | |
to have an open quarrel | |
joking , Nigel . " " You shouldn't joke | |
" But I want it ! " she protested . " It 's my ring . " | |
" You just gave it back to me . " " I | |
didn't ! I was joking . You know I was | |
any minute , and she knew it . | |
about serious things like engagements . " | |
Almost in desperation she appealed , " Will you meet | |
he told her , and suddenly seized her in an embrace | |
kissing somebody else's girl , " he decided wickedly , | |
receive a sharp slap for his pains . | |
me up for tea , of course . I just thought . " " I 'll see , " | |
me at the gate , four o'clock tomorrow ? " " Why ? " he | |
enquired , combing his thick , tawny hair . " To bring | |
which really hurt . " Without your ring it 's just like | |
and kissed her again , somewhat startled to | |
what you 'd get , " she flashed at him , and | |
out of his sight . " Mine , " Nigel Lester had |
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