Cost Price (2013)
““Mr Chandos, who is Mr Friar?”
I looked at the big, blue eyes, twelve inches from mine.
“I really couldn’t tell you,” I said. “We know one another by sight, but we’ve never conversed.”
“He seems to know all about you.”
I shrugged my shoulders.
“There’s little enough to know.”
“He said that you loved adventure.”
“I like it in reason,” I said. “But I’d much sooner hunt.”
“Are you being adventuresome now?”
“No,” said I, “I’m travelling. Often enough, in the summer, Mansel and I join up and wander ...abroad.”
“You don’t look a restless person. I should have thought you’d marry and settle down.”
“I have done both,” I said.
The lady’s eyes widened.
“Then, where’s your wife?”
“You must ask Olivia,” I said. “She left her two days ago.”
Diana put a hand to her chin.
“At your home?”
“Yes.”
“So she is alone in England, and you are overseas.”
“Full marks,” said I.
“But I’m sure you’re happy with her.”MoreLess
I looked at the big, blue eyes, twelve inches from mine.
“I really couldn’t tell you,” I said. “We know one another by sight, but we’ve never conversed.”
“He seems to know all about you.”
I shrugged my shoulders.
“There’s little enough to know.”
“He said that you loved adventure.”
“I like it in reason,” I said. “But I’d much sooner hunt.”
“Are you being adventuresome now?”
“No,” said I, “I’m travelling. Often enough, in the summer, Mansel and I join up and wander ...abroad.”
“You don’t look a restless person. I should have thought you’d marry and settle down.”
“I have done both,” I said.
The lady’s eyes widened.
“Then, where’s your wife?”
“You must ask Olivia,” I said. “She left her two days ago.”
Diana put a hand to her chin.
“At your home?”
“Yes.”
“So she is alone in England, and you are overseas.”
“Full marks,” said I.
“But I’m sure you’re happy with her.”MoreLess
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