Carnival Sky (2014)
“She had a colleague with her who had driven her to the airport: a tall, sallow man she afterwards told Sheff was the chief anaesthetist. His height accentuated Georgie’s lack of it, but Sheff was impressed with the casual travel clothes she wore, and wished he’d thought to dress better. Lightweight dark trousers with deep, zippered thigh pockets, a loose, grey jerkin and Labrador brown suede boots. All of them were obviously new. He was reminded that she had a good deal more money than he did, ...despite being younger. She looked youthful as well, almost as if she were a graduate, off on her big OE, rather than a forty-two-year-old oncologist visiting the South Island. Her luggage also was a pleasant surprise: just one medium-sized case with a green ribbon to identify it on the carousel.‘Don’t let her get up to mischief,’ said the anaesthetist pleasantly, as if passing over responsibility. ‘And make sure she comes back – we can’t do without her for long.’‘How sweet,’ said Georgie, ‘but I might decide to live in a hut with a view of the mountains and watch the hawks circle.MoreLess
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