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Kawali bush without knowing what was going to happen next.

Anything might have prevented their being met, she thought as she
squelched through the mud, heedless now of its effect on her dainty
white sandals. The truck or car could have had a puncture or broken
down or anything. She neared the other building and the tall African
had seen her approach. e ploughed towards her, rain streaming off
his !aterproof.
"# will." Suddenly $enetia decided that getting drenched was
preferable to being left on a deserted airstrip in the heart of the
%&erhaps,% she said, in the same remote little tones, %
'ot really. (y district is four hundred miles from )lantyre. #n any
case, my home is *edlands.%
She allowed a few seconds to elapse before saying, %!e"re being
awfully polite, aren"t we+%
#n a rather small voice she said, %,ou"re still angry. #t wasn"t my
fault the horrid monkeys crowded round us.%
%#"d told you before not to touch the babies. #t"s dangerous to play
with the young of any type of animal if the parents are around - you
know that. #t"s typical of you that you did it on the edge of a
waterfall.%
e shrugged non-committally. %#sn"t that the way you want it+ After
all, here in the dark middle of Africa you"re very much at my mercy,
and #"m not so easy to handle as /eorge. ,ou made me very angry
yesterday, and # don"t think even you would be unwise enough to
repeat the performance so soon.%
He has taken her to the station. She has money of her own and I dont think she
will trouble us again. Rick was quite prepared, you see, to tell Julio eerything if
she refused to leae, and she loes Julio. She wouldnt want him to know that she
was ready to kill me for his sake.!Suddenly the eyes looking at "yn were abla#e
with happiness.

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