‘I suppose so.’ She raised her head, and regarded me. ‘You came from London today?’
‘Yes,’ I admitted.
‘It’s bad there now?’
‘It’s finished,’ I said.
‘You must have seen some horrible sights there?’ she suggested.
‘I did,’ I said, briefly. ‘How long have you been here?’
She gave me the general picture of things without more encouragement.
Coker’s raid on the University Building had netted all but half a dozen of the sighted. She and Miss Durrant had been two of those overlooked. During the following day Miss Durrant had taken somewhat ineffective charge. There had been no question of their leaving right away, since only one among them had ever attempted to drive a lorry. During that day and most of the next they had been in almost the same relationship to their party as I was to min
