Chapter SevenRain swept in from the sea, propelling us up the slope we had come down in such happy curiosity, dampening the leaves of the lonely palm, and beading on the dead bodies of the men we left behind.
'The domination of men has passed,' Charlie said. 'The time for women is about to begin.'
'Now there's a good quote for your article,' Lorna was tackling the slope long-strided with her rucksack high on her back, her climbing rope looped at her waist and her boots clacking on the stony ground.
However energetic Lorna may have been, Kate was well in front, marching up the hill with her hips and shoulders swaying and her head out-thrust. Without a doubt, she was the most determined woman I had ever met.
I watched Kate for a while, wondering what made her as she was. Perhaps she had
