The Company of Saints (36 page)

Davina looked at him. ‘Would you? But what about the ghastly commuting?'

‘Depends where you are,' he said. ‘Wiltshire, Hampshire – they're all dead easy with the motorway. Wouldn't suit you though, darling. Eight o'clock at the desk and all that.'

They were near the turn-off for Marchwood. ‘Do you remember the first time you came here?' she asked him.

‘Four years ago,' he answered. ‘How the time flies – yes, I remember it very well. You were very stuffy and condescending, I thought. I didn't look forward to going on a job with you at all.'

‘And you were as prickly as hell,' she retorted. ‘You drove off like a maniac and showered gravel all over the grass. I was furious.'

He reached over and held her hand for a moment. ‘We had some happy times here, didn't we? I must say it's a beautiful place.'

When he stopped the car in the drive, she said, ‘Colin, just a minute. Before we go in, I've got something to tell you.'

Mrs Graham had heard them arrive, and came to the front door to welcome them. What she saw made her decide to wait for a few minutes.

‘Darling, we can't sit here all day,' Davina said when he let her go. They opened the car doors and came towards the house hand in hand.

‘You know,' Lomax said to her as they approached it, ‘I can't think of a nicer place to spend a honeymoon.'

‘I can't either,' Davina said.

They opened the door and went inside.

About the Author

Evelyn Anthony is the pen name of Evelyn Ward-Thomas, a female British author who began writing in 1949. She gained considerable success with her historical novels—two of which were selected for the American Literary Guild—before winning huge acclaim for her espionage thrillers. Her book,
The Occupying Power
, won the Yorkshire Post Fiction Prize, and her 1971 novel,
The Tamarind Seed
, was made into a film starring Julie Andrews and Omar Sharif. Anthony's books have been translated into nineteen languages. She lives in Essex, England.

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Copyright © 1983 by Evelyn Anthony

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ISBN: 978-1-5040-2194-4

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