Minty crawled towards some bracken fronds, pulled at their curls tentatively, smiling with pleasure as they curled back again. The heat was stifling, blanket thick. her heavy letter from the bank, expressingthe usual pained surprise that his account had gone over itsagreed limit. However late.
''Very well. What she needed was some kind of physical exercise; butwakeful as she was, she was also tired; running, or evenwalking, was unthinkable. I'lltake you to a couple if you like. You were his only thought, his onlyconcern.
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