Selected visitors were
permitted to pay their... Selected visitors were
permitted to pay their condolences, including the chief aide to the Crown governor who wore his
full military regalia, a symbol of the Crown’s concernAnd an old man who knew death from the
brutalities of war and who insisted on seeing the bereaved husband and father—he was
accompanied by a woman in a nurse’s uniform, properly topped by a hat and a dark mourning veil
And two Canadian guests of the hotel, close friends of the owner, both of whom had met the
disconsolate man when Tranquility Inn opened with great fireworks several years ago—they asked
to pay their respects and offer whatever support or comfort they couldJacques agreed,
suggesting that their visit be brief and to understand that his brother-in-law remained in a corner of
the darkened living room, the drapes having been drawn
“It’s all so horrible, so meaningless!” said the visitor from Toronto softly to the shadowed figure
in a chair across
see by chloe bag the room“I hope you’re a religious man, DavidFaith helps in such times as
theseYour loved ones are in the arms of Christ now A momentary breeze off the water rustled the drapes, permitting a narrow shaft of
sunlight to flash across the room
“Wait a minute,” said the second Canadian“You’re not—good Lord, you’re not Dave Webb!
Dave has—”
“Be quiet,” ordered StJacques, standing at the door behind the two visitors
“Johnny, I spent seven hours in a fishing boat with Dave and I damn well know him when I see
him!”
“Shut up,” said the owner of Tranquility Inn
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“Oh, dear God!” cried the aide to the Crown governor of Montserrat in a clipped British accent
“Listen to me, both of you,” said StJacques, rushing forward between the two Canadians and
turning to stand in front of the armchair“I wish I’d never let you in here, but there’s nothing we
can do about that nowI thought you’d add weight, two more
chanel jumbo bag observers, if anyone asked you
questions, which they will, and that’s exactly what you’re going to doYou’ve been talking to
David Webb, consoling David WebbDo you understand that?”
“I don’t understand a damn thing,” objected the bewildered visitor who had spoken of the
comfort of faith“Who the hell is he?”
“He’s the senior aide to the Crown governor,” answered St“I’m telling you this so you
will understand—”
“You mean the army brass who showed up in full uniform with a squad of black soldiers?”
asked the guest who had fished with David Webb
“Among his duties is chief military aide-de-campHe’s a brigadier—”
“We saw the bastard leave,” protested the fisherman“From the dining room, we all saw him
leave! He was with the old Frenchman and the nurse—”
“You saw someone else leave?”
“Gentlemen!” The governor’s aide rose from the chair, wearing the ill-fitting jacket worn by
Jason Bourne when he had flown back to Tranquility from
rolex quartz watch Blackburne Airport“You are welcome
guests on our island but, as guests, you will abide by the Crown’s decisions in emergenciesYou
will either abide by them, or, as we would do in extreme weather, we will be forced to place you in
custody
“Hey, come on, Henry
“Friends do not call brigadiers ‘bastards’—”
“You might if you were once a busted corporal, General,” inserted the man of faith“My
companion here didn’t mean anythingLong before the whole damned Canadian army needed his
company’s engineers, he was a screwed-up infantry gruntHis company, incidentallyHe wasn’t
too bright in Korea
“Let’s cut the crap,” said Webb’s fishing companion“So we’ve been in here talking to Dave,
right?”
“RightAnd that’s all I can tell you
“It’s enough, JohnnyDave’s in trouble, so what can we do?”
“Nothing—absolutely nothing but what’s on the inn’s agendaYou all got a copy delivered to
your villas an hour ago
“You’d better explain,” said the
fendi wholesale handbags religious Canadian“I never read those goddamn happy-hour
schedules
“The inn’s having a special buffet, everything on the house, and a meteorologist from the
Leeward Islands Weather Control will speak for a few minutes on what happened last night
“The storm?” asked the fisherman, the former busted corporal and current owner of Canada’s
largest industrial engineering company“A storm’s a storm in these islandsWhat’s to explain?”
“Oh, things like why they happen and why they’re over so quickly; how to behave—the
elimination of fear, basically
“You want us all up there, is that what you mean?”
“Yes, I do
“That’ll help Dave?”
“Yes; it will
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“Then the whole place’ll be up there
“I appreciate that, but how can you?”
“I’ll circulate another happy-hour notice that Angus MacPherson McLeod, chairman of All
Canada Engineering, will award ten thousand dollars to whoever asks the most intelligent
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