Yesterday's Promise (2010)
““Mr. Rogan!”
He stopped and turned. A familiar young man, slim and wiry, with russet hair beneath a floppy hat came hurrying across De Beers Road and caught up with him, grinning widely. He stood shaking Rogan’s extended hand.
“Am I glad to see you, Mr. Rogan. This is a grand surprise. Thought you wouldn’t arrive for more’n a year. Was just on my way up to the Blue Diamond to wait for you.”
Derwent and his wife, Alice, had arrived in Capetown a short time after Arcilla and Peter married and sai...led to the Cape. But even after a year beneath the African sun, his fair skin had refused to tan, except for the freckles on his gaunt nose, which had deepened into a toasty color. He was the same old Derwent Brown, and Rogan found himself relaxing and smiling at his boyhood village friend, hitting him good-naturedly on the shoulder.
“Good to see you’ve survived all the lions and snakes, Derwent. How is Alice taking it all?”
Derwent’s nervous fingers removed his floppy hat and then put it back on again as he continued to smile.MoreLess
He stopped and turned. A familiar young man, slim and wiry, with russet hair beneath a floppy hat came hurrying across De Beers Road and caught up with him, grinning widely. He stood shaking Rogan’s extended hand.
“Am I glad to see you, Mr. Rogan. This is a grand surprise. Thought you wouldn’t arrive for more’n a year. Was just on my way up to the Blue Diamond to wait for you.”
Derwent and his wife, Alice, had arrived in Capetown a short time after Arcilla and Peter married and sai...led to the Cape. But even after a year beneath the African sun, his fair skin had refused to tan, except for the freckles on his gaunt nose, which had deepened into a toasty color. He was the same old Derwent Brown, and Rogan found himself relaxing and smiling at his boyhood village friend, hitting him good-naturedly on the shoulder.
“Good to see you’ve survived all the lions and snakes, Derwent. How is Alice taking it all?”
Derwent’s nervous fingers removed his floppy hat and then put it back on again as he continued to smile.MoreLess
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