The Song of the Siren
““I shall come back,” he said.
I shook my head and turned away.
“Come,” he said. “There is no time to lose. I want you a\\ay from here before Durrell wakes. The first thing he would want to do is kill you.”
“You would not let him. You would save me as you did before.”
“There might come that unguarded moment. Who knows? I cannot risk it. But I tell you this, Carlotta, I shall come back “ He led my horse out of the stables. Anxiously he looked back at the house.
He patted the horse’s flanks. Then ...he took my hand and kissed it and then laid it against his cheek for a few seconds holding it there.
“Farewell, my sweet Carlotta,” he said.
Then I rode on.
I did not see where I was going. I could only see his face After a while I looked back and he had gone.
I came to a small hill and I rode up this and as there was a clump of trees there, I dismounted, tethered my horse to a tree stump and looked back.
I could still see the ship.
And as I stood there I saw a boat lowered from the side of the ship and rowed ashore.MoreLess
I shook my head and turned away.
“Come,” he said. “There is no time to lose. I want you a\\ay from here before Durrell wakes. The first thing he would want to do is kill you.”
“You would not let him. You would save me as you did before.”
“There might come that unguarded moment. Who knows? I cannot risk it. But I tell you this, Carlotta, I shall come back “ He led my horse out of the stables. Anxiously he looked back at the house.
He patted the horse’s flanks. Then ...he took my hand and kissed it and then laid it against his cheek for a few seconds holding it there.
“Farewell, my sweet Carlotta,” he said.
Then I rode on.
I did not see where I was going. I could only see his face After a while I looked back and he had gone.
I came to a small hill and I rode up this and as there was a clump of trees there, I dismounted, tethered my horse to a tree stump and looked back.
I could still see the ship.
And as I stood there I saw a boat lowered from the side of the ship and rowed ashore.MoreLess
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