He said: "But of course...."
She noticed a certain relief in his voice. She thought he was happier with Kiernan away from London.
He went on: "Come round at once, my sweet. I will make you some of that coffee which you like. Then you can talk to me. Then I will play you some music."
She said: "Dear-dear Vincente. I'm coming now."
She hung up the receiver.
Ten minutes afterward she paid off the cab at the end of Clarges Street; walked towards Callao's apartment. He was standing just inside the doorway.
He said: "Come in, Aurora. You don't know how glad I am to see you. I am a leetle worried about you. Come upstairs. I weel give you some coffee."
Upstairs, he busied himself at the coffee percolator. She took off her mink coat; threw it across a chair.
She said: "Aren't you going to k
