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believe her eyes, for they showed her
n canvas wash basin on stills, clean
towel laid over the back Of chair. an
other chair before 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 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 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 gaZed over their heads ut
the kraal in general and at the white
man in particular, for from him ra-
dated an activity incredible in COM
pnrison with the languor that had pre-
ccdcd It, Her eyes fell to the table
and she realized two things: she was
unusually, marvclously hungry and
the table was set for one.
"Doesnt your master eat?" she
asked Of Bathtub.
"My master makes ready Gaia for
missis."
"What is 'caiaT"
Bathtub frowned in an effort to
catch up with word that was on the
verge of escaping from his meager
vocabulary. "Housel" he suddenly ex-
ploded and grinncd with satisfaction.
Andrea lowered the fork that was
half way to her mouth. "Makes ready
q house--fOr me?" Her eyes mar
rowed. II will not need house. Tell
him."
Bathtuh's grin broadened. "Sorry,
: Missis," he said, claw like that; ev-
cry MissIs one hut, every hut one tax"
-, Andrea stared at him open-mouthed
l and then blushed furiously. II mean
t that I will not stay here" she ex.
I planned angrily. 'Tell your master
wish to. speak with him-at once
Wait minute. You call him M'sungo
What does that mean"
"White man." said Bathtub, and de
G parted TO call his master.
g The white man gave last order
G and then Obeyed Andreas summons
G AS he stepped into the shade Of th'
: acacia he took Off his hat and moppet
his wet brow. "Too bad we can't keel
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81 didn't send for you to talk abou
& the weather." said Andrea. "You hav
l. been raining orders; now let me Civ
just one. You are to get that machin
In shape and take me back now
today"
o. The mans eyes met her gaze stead
lily but gradually his body began t
. trcmble. He put one hand out to tn
:" spare chair as though to steady lin
Y self. II want you to believe me-" h
said in low voice. "when 1 tell yO
''' that what you ask Is impossible"
'e He turned as though to leave he
&c "Wait," cried Andrea. There wa
q, something In the way he spoke thu
l. even went beyond persuasion an
IS, robbed her Of her mainstay-her al
C ger against him. "But-" she stau
-, mere6gapd stopped. "Oh. what Is
:, become Of me?"
W. "If 1 could take you back would
n
H. now" said the man duly. 'When 70
asked to come with me I knew {
course that you were unaware Of tn
30 fact that was not returning. An In
pulse drove me to grant your reques
IL on the grounds that 1t Is really Of yer
" little consequence what happens
is, any given individual. Impulses pas
re- but decisions are often irretrievable
this was one Of them"
-, "Why2" asked Andren earnestl
." and then repeated moro urgentl
"Why Is it2"
'nt The mans eyes wandered towal
ro- the airplane but he did not answ'
his her insistent question. "No real har
,h- will come to YOU" he said instea
cs, "but even so ! am sorry. Logic Is
,od treachcrous thing" he added absent
~ "whcn applied to humanity. to
w. YOU that I didn't deal in personalitit
J | lied. There Is something about Il
enl warmth Of an individual person tn
mcts cold reason"
lca He left her abruptly and disa
Mr.. pearcd within a nearby hut. s
watched him go with feeling of pt
I'm tial desertion that gradually was
sorbed by a sensation that was NJ
to her--a consciousness that when IL
'ne extraordinary man spoke he left