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.`I don't know,' Ruby frowned.`Chase was keen enough a few weeks ago, but it sort of fizzled out.Hedidn't follow her to Sydney, he came to Melbourne instead.'`To investigate you,' Alex reminded her.`Yes, but I still can't make it out.Davina's at Coolabra which must mean something, and Chase hasn'tgone away.And my wedding isn't responsible.He would never let it get in the way of business.Therehas to be another reason why he stays, and both Aunt Harriet and I think it can only be Davina.'In the office, which she reached eventually, Alex tried to compose herself.If Chase had fallen in love,which she doubted, after his remarks on the subject by the pool, she hoped it was with Davina.Shecouldn't understand why even contemplating this should make her feel slightly ill, but her own feelingsfor him were so confused she couldn't even begin to sort them out.He could make her heart race and herhands go clammy, but somehow, she was coming to associate him too much with her mother.They bothappeared to have the same ambition to see her married.While the two- had never met, their charactersmerged continually in Alex's head.They both thought marriage should be a girl's sole goal, that, willynilly, she should be pushed into it.Neither of them, she felt sure, would ever stop to consider what thegirl herself wanted.Davina and Chase returned to the homestead during the afternoon and, to everyone's surprise, Davinaleft the station an hour later.No one said anything.Davina's coldly angry face seemed sufficientexplanation.She wasn't even coming back for the wedding.`Which proves how wrong I was to be talking of a double one!' Ruby whispered dryly to Alex as shewent to get ready to spend the evening with Henry.`Do you think Chase overheard?''They might make it up.I mean, if they've merely fallen out,' Alex added hastily.`I doubt it,' carelessly Ruby shook her head.`I recognise the death of hope on any girl's face.Chase canbe a brute when he wants to be.'The house seemed quiet with Davina gone, but Alex liked it better.Henry arrived to collect his fiancee.file:///E|/My%20Library/books/ROMANCE/margaret%20pargeter/1981%20%20captivity%20TXT/captivity.txt (48 of 89)09/05/2010 11:05:45 file:///E|/My%20Library/books/ROMANCE/margaret%20pargeter/1981%20%20captivity%20TXT/captivity.txtThey had been asked to dine with some friends of his in Mount Isa.Ruby would sleep at the Brett stationwhere tomorrow she would discuss last minute wedding plans with Henry and his parents.After dinner Aunt Harriet announced she was having an early night and Chase asked Alex to come to hisstudy.`I want to speak to you,' he said curtly.She was tired.They were all tired, having spent one of those kind of endless days that come before awedding.There was so much to do.As fast as one job was completed there was another two to take itsplace.At dinner, Alex could see Aunt Harriet was looking exhausted.While she was in the study withChase she must mention it.It would be an opportunity.She wore a long-skirted dress in pink, with a demure neckline.She had had it since she was seventeen,and while she knew the colour was a bit unfashionable it was a dress she was fond of.It had been aneffort to change at all, this evening, but she was familiar enough with Coolabra now to know it would beregarded as almost a sin not to.Here everything stopped for dinner, and guests and family alike wereexpected to dress accordingly.`Come in,' said Chase, when she knocked.Alex did so and closed the door.Tall and darkly handsome, in his well cut clothes, he seemed to envelopand tower over hef.Her breath catching in her throat, she stared at him, looking very fragile and farmore appealing than she knew.Her hair fell, fair and softly shining, on either side of her perfectlymodelled face, and her eyes, deeply blue, held an oddly trapped expression.She broke into speech with ahaste that reflected her nervous state of mind.`Your aunt is exhausted, Chase.I think you should insist she has a day in bed.'`My, dear girl,' he grated, `do shut up and sit down.My aunt will probably agree to spending a month inbed, after the wedding.But before that, never.She may be tired out, but she's the only one who'ssupposed to know it.'Alex gritted her teeth.`You understand, I hope, that she could collapse?''No, she won't.And we must see she doesn't unobtrusively, I mean.'`I'll do what I can,' Alex agreed fretfully.`Only three more days.They'll go in a flash.'Bitterly she nodded.`I do hope you're right.I don't think I could stay here much longer.Oh,' againstChase's raised eyebrows, she threw out her hands, `I realise I couldn't abandon Miss Harriet now, but itall seems so pointless.'`Of course it isn't,' he said crisply, pouring her a sherry and helping himself to whisky.`It's good trainingfor your own wedding, which will soon follow.'Too weary to fight him, she sighed, half closing her eyes.He might have passed a casual remark, but shedidn't think so.He had a very purposeful look in his eye and she couldn't fight his immense vitality.Tonight she couldn't even try.Deliberately she made light of it, pretending it was a joke.`I think Ruby'swedding will be enough to last me a lifetime [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.`I don't know,' Ruby frowned.`Chase was keen enough a few weeks ago, but it sort of fizzled out.Hedidn't follow her to Sydney, he came to Melbourne instead.'`To investigate you,' Alex reminded her.`Yes, but I still can't make it out.Davina's at Coolabra which must mean something, and Chase hasn'tgone away.And my wedding isn't responsible.He would never let it get in the way of business.Therehas to be another reason why he stays, and both Aunt Harriet and I think it can only be Davina.'In the office, which she reached eventually, Alex tried to compose herself.If Chase had fallen in love,which she doubted, after his remarks on the subject by the pool, she hoped it was with Davina.Shecouldn't understand why even contemplating this should make her feel slightly ill, but her own feelingsfor him were so confused she couldn't even begin to sort them out.He could make her heart race and herhands go clammy, but somehow, she was coming to associate him too much with her mother.They bothappeared to have the same ambition to see her married.While the two- had never met, their charactersmerged continually in Alex's head.They both thought marriage should be a girl's sole goal, that, willynilly, she should be pushed into it.Neither of them, she felt sure, would ever stop to consider what thegirl herself wanted.Davina and Chase returned to the homestead during the afternoon and, to everyone's surprise, Davinaleft the station an hour later.No one said anything.Davina's coldly angry face seemed sufficientexplanation.She wasn't even coming back for the wedding.`Which proves how wrong I was to be talking of a double one!' Ruby whispered dryly to Alex as shewent to get ready to spend the evening with Henry.`Do you think Chase overheard?''They might make it up.I mean, if they've merely fallen out,' Alex added hastily.`I doubt it,' carelessly Ruby shook her head.`I recognise the death of hope on any girl's face.Chase canbe a brute when he wants to be.'The house seemed quiet with Davina gone, but Alex liked it better.Henry arrived to collect his fiancee.file:///E|/My%20Library/books/ROMANCE/margaret%20pargeter/1981%20%20captivity%20TXT/captivity.txt (48 of 89)09/05/2010 11:05:45 file:///E|/My%20Library/books/ROMANCE/margaret%20pargeter/1981%20%20captivity%20TXT/captivity.txtThey had been asked to dine with some friends of his in Mount Isa.Ruby would sleep at the Brett stationwhere tomorrow she would discuss last minute wedding plans with Henry and his parents.After dinner Aunt Harriet announced she was having an early night and Chase asked Alex to come to hisstudy.`I want to speak to you,' he said curtly.She was tired.They were all tired, having spent one of those kind of endless days that come before awedding.There was so much to do.As fast as one job was completed there was another two to take itsplace.At dinner, Alex could see Aunt Harriet was looking exhausted.While she was in the study withChase she must mention it.It would be an opportunity.She wore a long-skirted dress in pink, with a demure neckline.She had had it since she was seventeen,and while she knew the colour was a bit unfashionable it was a dress she was fond of.It had been aneffort to change at all, this evening, but she was familiar enough with Coolabra now to know it would beregarded as almost a sin not to.Here everything stopped for dinner, and guests and family alike wereexpected to dress accordingly.`Come in,' said Chase, when she knocked.Alex did so and closed the door.Tall and darkly handsome, in his well cut clothes, he seemed to envelopand tower over hef.Her breath catching in her throat, she stared at him, looking very fragile and farmore appealing than she knew.Her hair fell, fair and softly shining, on either side of her perfectlymodelled face, and her eyes, deeply blue, held an oddly trapped expression.She broke into speech with ahaste that reflected her nervous state of mind.`Your aunt is exhausted, Chase.I think you should insist she has a day in bed.'`My, dear girl,' he grated, `do shut up and sit down.My aunt will probably agree to spending a month inbed, after the wedding.But before that, never.She may be tired out, but she's the only one who'ssupposed to know it.'Alex gritted her teeth.`You understand, I hope, that she could collapse?''No, she won't.And we must see she doesn't unobtrusively, I mean.'`I'll do what I can,' Alex agreed fretfully.`Only three more days.They'll go in a flash.'Bitterly she nodded.`I do hope you're right.I don't think I could stay here much longer.Oh,' againstChase's raised eyebrows, she threw out her hands, `I realise I couldn't abandon Miss Harriet now, but itall seems so pointless.'`Of course it isn't,' he said crisply, pouring her a sherry and helping himself to whisky.`It's good trainingfor your own wedding, which will soon follow.'Too weary to fight him, she sighed, half closing her eyes.He might have passed a casual remark, but shedidn't think so.He had a very purposeful look in his eye and she couldn't fight his immense vitality.Tonight she couldn't even try.Deliberately she made light of it, pretending it was a joke.`I think Ruby'swedding will be enough to last me a lifetime [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
