There was a prolonged silence between the two menand then David finally cleared his throat. Now if we had some shade to drink this in, we'd be in good shape, Jake said. I hope you'll not forget us, he said. She thought only of the concealment of the ledgerand was struck with panic when she entered the room tosee that it no longer rested on the table beside the bottle ofclaret.
She was simply keeping faith with her ownpersonal creed. She wanted Jake to come back. They walked out into the hot morning. At almost the moment they made the harbour at SantaCruz at seven of the clock on a Sunday morning with thechurch bells summoning worshippers to early
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