She played “Happy Birthday” for John, after which they plied her with a dozen requests. In Europe or in America people would have smiled; but in Singapore—the half-way port of the world—where a human kaleidoscope tumbles continuously east and west, no one had remarked her. ” She glanced shyly at the mirror above her dressing-table, and then about her at the furniture, as though it might penetrate to the thoughts that peeped in her mind. ’ *** It must have been fate, Gerald decided, near an hour later, staring intently at the closed French windows on the raised alcove that led out to the terrace. ’ ‘Who is that?’ demanded Lucilla eagerly. ” He said as Cathy took his coat and alternately handed him back his bouquet of red roses. ’ ‘Captain Roding, sir,’ put in Gerald, adding on a jocular note, ‘Another of the green whippersnappers you had to contend with some years back. The business of serving gave Gerald a few moment’s grace, for he was dubious about the effect on an elderly female, not in the best of health, of raking up old memories. ” “Of course you don’t,” said Miss Miniver, gesticulating triumphantly with her thin hand and thinner wrist, and patting Ann Veronica’s knee. “I saw his face in a mirror. ” “I thought every one knew. Did you ever go by any other names, ma’am?” “Yes. Can’t travel alone, a pair of nuns. When I absorb a fact, my brain weighs the fact carefully and stores it away.
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