“Rather, she had striven to keep her only as a name she might never hear again. True, it had occurred to her once or twice that Camilla Marchant lived here on Nemaka, that her father had his business here and therefore it was unlikely she would move away. But Karen had also been convinced that Andrew’s marriage would prove a barrier which no woman who knew him would try to surmount.Unprepared, she fell back on her usual reserve. “Yes, do come in. I’m Karen Eliot.”The dark girl took a pace or two... into the room, hesitated, and sat in the chair Karen indicated. Karen remained standing, and from this angle she thought the mouth looked self-willed, the lashes a trifle overdone. But there was no doubting that she was the loveliest white woman on Nemaka.“You’ll be wondering why I’ve called,” she said. “I knew Andrew hadn’t quite finished his holiday and I thought he might be free. He ... he helped me once or twice, and now something has turned up that ... that I think he’d like to hear about.”“He should be home within half an hour,”MoreLessRead More Read Less
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