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.' He sighed.'It's my fault.I shouldn't have gone there in the first place.'Isobel Crown surveyed both of them with faintly reproving eyes.'I would agree with that.' she confirmed dryly.Then, to Ruth: 'Why didn't you tell your aunt the truth in the first place, my dear? Dominic's quite respectable.No one would have raised an eyebrow, you know.Not with your father as chaperon.''I don't think it matters why she did or she didn't.' Dominic retorted harshly.'Either you're going to respect her confidence or you're not.Which is it to be?'Ruth felt dreadful.She was responsible for the way Dominic was speaking to his mother, and she felt terribly guilty.'I'm so sorry you've been involved in this.Mrs Crown.' she began unhappily, but now Isobel shook her head.'No.Dominic's right.It's no business of mine why you chose to keep the matter to yourself.' She smiled.'How old are you.my dear? How long is it since you last came to England?'Ruth moved her shoulders a little jerkily.'I don't remember how long ago we left England, but —but Daddy never came back.And—and I'm seventeen.''Mother!'Dominic sounded exasperated now.raking back the silver-blond hair with agitated fingers, but his mother gave him a benign smile.'Isn't it time you were leaving for the airport, darling?' she suggested, glancing at her wrist watch, and as Ruth acknowledged this with some surprise.Dominic explained.'There is a later flight.' he informed her shortly.'Come with me to the airport, and wish me a good trip.''I don't think that's a very good idea.Dominic.' his mother interceded smoothly.'Didn't you invite Barbara to see you off? I hardly think—''Ruth knows about Barbara.Mother,' Dominic interrupted her sardonically.'And no.I did not invite Barbara to the airport.As you may recall, we didn't part last evening on the best of terms.'Isobel folded a pleat in her skirt, and gave Ruth a rather apologetic look.'These young people.' she murmured, with a sigh.'Always kissing and making up.'Dominic's mouth had hardened perceptibly.'All right.' he said.'I'll go.I promised Jake I'd make that meeting in Newport tonight, and I will.' He paused.'But you will ensure that Ruth gets home safely, won't you? And with a satisfactory explanation, hmm?''You can depend on me.' affirmed his mother, lifting her face for his kiss.'Look after yourself, won't you.darling?' Her lips trembled for a moment.'You're all I've got.'Dominic squeezed her shoulder as he bent to kiss her cheek, and Ruth averted her gaze from the intimacy of their farewell.Then she forced a smile to her lips, as he strode towards the door, and wished with a foolish sense of regret that he had kissed her too.CHAPTER FOURTEENThere was a car parked in the Mews when Ruth returned from her driving lesson.It was a sleek grey sports car, and she guessed it belonged to one of Martin's friends.She could think of none of her aunt's associates who would drive a car like that, and she passed it admiringly as she approached the door.Perhaps, after she had passed her driving test.Aunt Davina would allow her to buy a car, although she doubted it would be anything as elegant as the silver- grey Porsche.Entering the house, she slipped her key back into her pouch bag and began to remove her jacket as she climbed the stairs.She guessed Aunt Davina would be resting.She often rested in the afternoons, and Martin had gone to the race track again that morning.and was unlikely to be home yet.It was a week now since his first visit to the track, and his enthusiasm was wearing.Ruth knew her aunt hoped that familiarity would serve to blunt his devotion to the sport, but so far there was no sight of it waning.Ruth had not been impressed when she accompanied him on that first occasion, but she acknowledged she had had other things on her mind.Her visit to Dominic's home had been exhausting, and her nerves were in no state to respond favourably to the sustained noise and confusion in the pits [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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