Corena was certain that he was thinking of how much he would enjoy having anyone so important and so rich in his clutches.
Then she told herself that she did not want to think about that. It was her father who concerned her.
She could not go on talking about it when the packing case gaping at her from the floor made her tremble.
She moved back to the sofa and Mr. Thespidos said to the man, addressing him as ‘Paul’,
“Take it downstairs and drill the air-holes as I have told you to do. Four on each side of the box should be enough and get a little more padding. We must make certain that the lady is comfortable!”
He was speaking in English so that Corena could understand and he repeated it in Greek.
Paul picked up the packing case and they could hear him going slowly down the stairs.
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