So does your husband
‘Well, you know. Propinquity makes strange bed-fellows.’ Toni stretched her arms back, a voluptuous movement. ‘And tropic islands make you sexy. At least, I find it so.’ Katey thought of saying: so does your husband,...
Category: Cloud on Silver
Extracts from Cloud on Silver
Poseidon’s herdsman
‘A great moment,’ Sweeney said. ‘The hunters home from the hill. Adrenalin pumping through the veins, and the sweet smell of burning flesh in the nostrils.’ Susan laughed. ‘I suppose you are going to say...
A walk down by the beach
They were called to their supper, the food set out on leaves which were roughly circular, a foot or more across, and glossily smooth. The taste of the pork, roasted over an open fire, was...
In the shade of the avocado tree
Despite the concentrated heat of mid-afternoon, they were very cheerful indeed over the last stretch. They broke into the clearing just behind Sweeney’s hut, and saw Sweeney sitting in the shade of the avocado tree...
‘I’ve got a gun’
‘All I’m asking you to do,’ Marriott said, ‘is hand the gun over. We’ll see to the rest.’ ‘You don’t know when you’re well off, do you?’ Billy stared at him for a moment and...
Oranges at his feet
‘Can you smell those oranges?’ ‘Stay here,’ she said. ‘I’ll bring you some.’ The orange trees were further up the valley. The fruit were small, but deep gold, and she picked half a dozen without...
A lack of signals
They walked about a mile along the beach and sat down facing the sea. She was puzzled over Sweeney, and talked about him at some length. Candie, when she forced him to comment, said: ‘He’s...
The lobster pot
Billy returned, carrying the pot. They could hear a rustling, the clank of shell, and he said: ‘We’ve got something.’ He opened the top of the wicker pot and spilled the contents on the sand....
Under the bright stars
There was another storm, about a month after their arrival on the island; it was more violent than the first and lasted all one day, and the night, and the morning of the day after....
Much fonder of the main course
Surely Marriott could not think that having the others out of the way would make her any more willing to tolerate his silly innuendoes and advances? She had made it plain from the beginning that...
