The Closing Scene
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EPOCH THE FIRST. Petrified and speechless, he turned an
imploring look at Wild, who was himself filled with astonishment at the pile of
rubbish lying before him. He would have to return to Hong-Kong; and his
trail would be picked up the moment he set foot on the Praya. ‘Wait! At least tell me where I can find you. She was posing
before the mirror, critically, miserably, defensively, and perhaps bewilderedly. “I’ve been,” she said, “forbidden to
come. He looked at Annabel, whose face was buried in her hands—
he looked back at Anna, who was regarding him with an easy composure which
secretly irritated him. But heavens, I must pack!”
She sprang to her feet and disappeared in the room beyond, from which she
emerged a few minutes later with flushed cheeks and dishevelled hair. "Release her instantly,
villain!"
Both Winifred and her suitor started at this sudden apparition. I can’t even carry a
tune with a bucket. “Sheila and Mark McCloskey?” Michelle asked. And I heard ‘Alcide’ sing, and that little dance she did. As for this infatuation—it’s like
some obsession, some magic thing laid upon you. ‘Don’t lose your temper again. He drew a little breath of relief.
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