To the Islands (2015)
“The long-legged man shaded his eyes against the morning sun. ‘Someone come up, brother,’ he said, pointing back. ‘Blackfellow, riding.’ After a moment Gunn picked out, among the low trees, the figure of the horseman. ‘That’s an old man, isn’t it?’ he said. ‘He’s got his hair tied up in a rag, like Naldia’s.’ ‘Old man got no horse, brother.’ ‘Well, keep watching him,’ Gunn said, and in a little time, while the rider was still to Gunn a shape of indistinguishable age, Paul murmured, with a painstaking concealment of surprise: ‘That Rex, brother.’ ‘What?’ ‘It Rex, all right. I know him.’ ‘Well,’ Gunn said quietly. ‘Well.’ And waited for Rex with a scowl growing on his face.
Rex also, when he came up, was frowning, uncertainly, and could not face Gunn and his disciplined anger. There was sweat on his face, below the bandage, and stubborn determination in his thick mouth.
‘Well,’ Gunn said again. ‘You followed us.’ ‘Yes, brother.’ ‘Didn’t bother to say good-bye to Sister Bond, I suppose?’ ...‘He don’t know, brother.’ ‘And where do you think you’re going?’ ‘I—I want to go with you, brother.MoreLess
Rex also, when he came up, was frowning, uncertainly, and could not face Gunn and his disciplined anger. There was sweat on his face, below the bandage, and stubborn determination in his thick mouth.
‘Well,’ Gunn said again. ‘You followed us.’ ‘Yes, brother.’ ‘Didn’t bother to say good-bye to Sister Bond, I suppose?’ ...‘He don’t know, brother.’ ‘And where do you think you’re going?’ ‘I—I want to go with you, brother.MoreLess
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