Chapter 100
Nora did not expect any business discussion till breakfast was done. It would be the height of ill breeding to speak of anything but trivia during meals and Nora guessed that Mandamus was not at his best with trivia. There was the weather, of course. The recent siege of rain, now happily done with, was mentioned and the prospects for the oncoming dry season. There was the almost mandatory expression of admiration for the hostess's establishment and Nora accepted it with practiced modesty. She did nothing to ease the strain on the man, but let him search for subject matter without help. At length, his eye fell on Tim, standing quietly and without motion in his wall niche, and Mandamus managed to overcome his Auroran indifference and notice him. "Ah," he said, "clearly the famous R. Tim Ol
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