Once More the Hawks (2012)
“Foote was lost in admiration. ‘That’s a wonderful woman,’ he said. ‘I just can’t imagine her wasted in this backwater.’ When they returned to Chungking the following day, Marie-Gabrielle didn’t even bother to see them off. Father O’Buhilly probed gently but Dicken answered him shortly, in no mood to discuss his feelings with anybody.
The priest sighed. ‘She didn’t want you, boy?’ he asked.
Dicken swung round. ‘Who said anything about anybody wanting anybody?’ The priest shook his head sadly. ‘It was written all over your face. I’ve seen too much of life not to recognise it.’ It was pointless trying to dissemble. ‘No, Father,’ Dicken said flatly. ‘She didn’t want me.’ The priest’s great fist rested on his shoulder. ‘The Via Crucis was never meant to be easy, boy. An’, after all, ’tis no harder to get to Yuking, where she’ll be going, than it is to get to Changjao.’ Chungking was covered with a pall of rain.
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