"Sonya Dorman - The Sons of Bingaloo" - читать интересную книгу автора (Dorman Sonya)

I could have written a saga by now, he thought, when the exit door finally released her. She had a
blind, stupefied look which he recognized with the utmost sympathy, and because of it, he fell into the
same long, slow stride she took, without saying a word.
“I didn’t understand before,” she said, at last.
Pettrey was horribly tempted to say, “Ah!” in a meaningful voice, but controlled himself. Instead, he
said, “It will have to be understood a dozen times over, you know. Will you come and walk to the river
with me?”
She glanced at his face. The dazed look was gone; she now showed an evident sense of pride and of
herself. “Yes, that would be nice,” she said. Her smile was delightful as she added, “I’m certainly sick
and tired of sitting at a person’s feet.”
Pettrey took her arm and they made swiftly for the russet-colored trees by the silvery green river.