The Dragon's Cave
“It is all settled, then? Naturally, I shall pay your salary in whichever currency you prefer. You may prefer half in pesetas and half in sterling? You will not need much money in Mallorca. My stepmother is still in mourning—she is old-fashioned in these ways—and does not go out a great deal.’‘I see,’ said Megan.‘I hope you will not find it dull. Pilar and Isabel will be there for their holidays, but otherwise there will not be a great deal for you to do.’Megan listened to him explaining exactly... what she would be called upon to do, her mind racing as she wondered whatever could have induced her to have given way to him. She was secretly amused, too, that he should be so concerned that she might be bored. Didn’t he know, she wondered, how lonely it could be in the heart of swinging London, when you knew few people and had very little money?‘We have two houses in Mallorca,’ he went on. ‘One is in Palma itself, just off the Plaza Santa Eulalia, in the Calle Morey. It is a typical Mallorcan house and my stepmother is fond of it.MoreLess
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