The book of Secrets (1997)
“In his isolation he had often longed for even a brief foray into the European life of Nairobi. His application to sit for the language examination in the capital, and to show his face at the Secretariat, was considered an indulgence, but was approved, by his DC, Hobson of Voi.
It was the morning of the day before Nairobi’s Race Week when he arrived.
“You realize, of course,” Mrs. Unsworth said to Corbin with a glint in her eye, “that the Norfolk, Torr’s, the Embassy, all the clubs — everything ...in Nairobi — is absolutely booked. You can put up in our guest house, if you don’t mind.”
“Oh, but he must!” said her niece Anne.
“That’s very kind of you,” he said.
The girl was radiant with life.
Edwina Unsworth and her niece had come to collect him at the railway station. There was something charmingly childlike about the way Anne was dressed, and yet decidedly odd — the safari skirt with pockets and leather belt with gun holster, the collar and tie, the wide-brimmed hat.MoreLess
It was the morning of the day before Nairobi’s Race Week when he arrived.
“You realize, of course,” Mrs. Unsworth said to Corbin with a glint in her eye, “that the Norfolk, Torr’s, the Embassy, all the clubs — everything ...in Nairobi — is absolutely booked. You can put up in our guest house, if you don’t mind.”
“Oh, but he must!” said her niece Anne.
“That’s very kind of you,” he said.
The girl was radiant with life.
Edwina Unsworth and her niece had come to collect him at the railway station. There was something charmingly childlike about the way Anne was dressed, and yet decidedly odd — the safari skirt with pockets and leather belt with gun holster, the collar and tie, the wide-brimmed hat.MoreLess
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