The Hunter And the Trapped
“At first he simply ignored it, taking up an apple and biting into it as if there had been no insistent clamour to disturb him. But when the sound continued, without a break, he came to himself suddenly and furiously, leaping across the room to the door and flinging it open with a wide gesture.
John Allingham stood there.
“I want to talk to you,” John said, quietly and politely, “May I come in?”
Simon moved away, biting again at his apple. He said, indistinctly, his mouth full, “I ca...n’t prevent you.”
Then, swallowing quickly, he recovered his usual manner with strangers. “You must excuse the state of my room and my very primitive meal. I’m just back from France – only an hour or two ago. Famished. Horrible crossing. Such a bad sailor, but I never eat when I’m travelling, so I avoid being sea-sick, which would be too unbearable.”
Disregarding all this and still not moving forward into the room, though Simon shut the door behind him, John said, with his back to it, “What have you done to Penny?”MoreLess
John Allingham stood there.
“I want to talk to you,” John said, quietly and politely, “May I come in?”
Simon moved away, biting again at his apple. He said, indistinctly, his mouth full, “I ca...n’t prevent you.”
Then, swallowing quickly, he recovered his usual manner with strangers. “You must excuse the state of my room and my very primitive meal. I’m just back from France – only an hour or two ago. Famished. Horrible crossing. Such a bad sailor, but I never eat when I’m travelling, so I avoid being sea-sick, which would be too unbearable.”
Disregarding all this and still not moving forward into the room, though Simon shut the door behind him, John said, with his back to it, “What have you done to Penny?”MoreLess
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