She moved to the edge of the shelter

afforded by the canopy and wrinkled her nose at the torrential

downpour slashing the strip of ground between the two shanties
which constituted the airport offices. 'Who's going to brave it?'
Della frowned. 'I don't understand it. Jason said in his last cable we
would definitely be met here. hat he or one of the others would be
waiting for us. I think perhaps we'd better ask that bod to put a
check call through for us.'
'I 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. In any
case$ my home is (edlands."
She allowed a few seconds to elapse before saying$ "We're being
awfully polite$ aren't we?"
In a rather small voice she said$ ")ou're still angry. It wasn't my
fault the horrid monkeys crowded round us."
"I'd told you before not to touch the babies. It's dangerous to play
with the young of any type of animal if the parents are around * you
know that. It's typical of you that you did it on the edge of a
waterfall+"
,e shrugged non*committally. "Isn't that the way you want it? -fter
all$ here in the dark middle of -frica you're very much at my mercy$
and I'm not so easy to handle as .eorge. )ou made me very angry
yesterday$ and I 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.