Night Without End
“"Thank you." I looked at her, looked at the washed-out face, the faint blue circles forming under her eyes, and almost felt touched with pity. Almost. She was exhausted, and shivering with cold. "Bed," I said. "You're dying for sleep and warmth, Miss- I'm so sorry, I forgot to ask your name." "Ross. Margaret Ross." "Scots?" "Irish. Southern Irish." "I won't hold it against you," I smiled. There was no answering smile from h...er. Tell me, Miss Ross, why was the plane so empty?" "We had an 'X' flight - an extra or duplicate charter for an overflow of passengers - out from London yesterday. Day before yesterday it is now, I suppose. We just stayed the night in Idlewild and had to return after we'd slept. The office phoned up people who had booked out on the evening plane, giving the chance of an earlier flight: ten of them accepted." "I see.MoreLess
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