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believe her eyes, for they showed her
a canvas wash basin on stills, clean
towel laid over the back Of a chair, an
other chair before q camp table laid
with clean cloth and burdened with
two sizzling fried eggs, hot toast, mar
malade, pot Of tea and an absurd
squat bottle with the stems Of wild
flowers rammed down It's throat.
She took off her cloak and Bathtub
promptly hung it to air over a low
branch Of the tree; then, while she
bathed her, face and hands, he stood
by with the towel, and when she was
| through with that he drew her chair
for her and poured her tea. Children
began crowding around. He drove
them back and, dragging his toe,
marked n wide circle on the ground
with the table rs center.
| Up to that mark and no farther
came the children and squatted in a
staring but silent ring. Andrea sat
down and gnzed over their heads ut
the kraal in general and at tile white
man in particular. for from him ra-
dated an activity incredible In COM
pnrison with the languor that had pre-
cedcd It, Her eyes fell to the table
and she realized two things: she was
unusually, marvclously hungry and
the table was set for one.
"Docsn't your master eat?" she
asked Of Bathtub.
"NIy master makes ready Gaia for
missis."
"What is 'caia?'"
Bathtub frOwned in an effort to
catch up with a word that was on the
verge of escaping from his meager
vocabulary. "Housel" he suddenly ex-
ploded and grnned with satisfaction.
Andrea lowered the fork that was
, half way to her mouth. "Makes ready
house-for me2" Her eyes mar
rowed. ~ will not need house. Tell
him."
Bathtub's grin broadcned. "Sorry,
Missls," he said, claw like that; ev-
cry Missis one hut, every hut one tax"
, Andrea stared nt him open-mouthed
, and then blushed furlously. II mean
t that will not stay here" she ex-
! planned angrily. "Tell your master I
wish to. speak with him-at once.
Wait minute. You call him M'sungo.
What does that mean?"
"White man." said Bathtub, and de-
c parted to call his master.
G The white man gave last order
G and then obeyed Andrea's summons
G AS he stepped into the shade Of the
: acacia he took Off his hat and mopped
his wet brow. "Too bad we can't keep
cool, like the morning" he said.
81 didn't send for you to talk about
6 the weather." said Andrea "You have
/ been raining orders; now let me give
just one. You are to get that machine
In shape and take me back now
today"
The mans eyes met her gaze stead
lily but gradually his body began tt
. tremble. He put one hand out to thu
spare chair as though to steady l,im
" self. 81 want you to believe me-" h
said in low voice, "when I tell yo'
lie that what you ask is impossible"
IL He turned as though to leave hel
DC "Wait," cried Andrea. There wa
4, something In the way he spoke tha
l. even went beyond persuasion an
g. robbed her Of her mainstay-her ar
g ger against him. "But-" she staH
~ ~ meretiyand stopped. "Oh. what Is t
:, become OF me?
". "If + could take you back would
n
h. now" said tho man DULY. 'When 20,
asked to come with me I knew o
course that you were unaware Of tn
% fact that I was not returning. An i'm
pulse drove me to grant your reques
IL on the grounds that 1t Is really Of yer
" little consequence what happens I
is, any given individual. Impulses pas
e. but decisions are often irretrievable
this was one OF them"
:, "WhyT asked Andrea earnestly
:" and then repeated more urgentl!
"Why Is it2"
mt The mans eyes wandered towar
% the airplane but he did not answc
MS her insistent question. "No real harl
,h- will come to you," he said insteat
es. "but even so am sorry. Logic is
od trcacherous thing" he added absenl
:, "when applied to humanity. l tol
Nou that didn't deal in personalitie
J | lied. There is something about 4!
ent warmth Of an individual person tn,
mclts cold reason"
lea He left her abruptly and disa
Mr.. peared within nearby hut. 81
watched him go with feeling Of pa
~, tIhl desertion that gradually was a
aorbed by sensation that was ne
to her--a consciousness that when tn
NE extraordinary man spoke he left h
au' words behind him, not as transien
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