and charming, and then on the pretext of seeing to the servantshurrying away to lock herself in the mirrored study Centaine leaned across the tableto enjoy every nuance and inflection of his voice, encouraging him withquestion or shrewd sharp comment. She laughed softly. Forty miles beyond the head of the pass the train slowed and thentrundled to a halt in the shunting yards of the intermediate railwayjunction of Touws river.
Now adeath's head stared at her from sunken eye-sockets, and the fixed grinof yellowish teeth, the rictus of shrunken lips, was somehow obscene. To whom are youreferring? Centaine asked. Once again they began pulling towards the shore, and Manfred askedsoftly, Who are the others? He indicated the three other oarsmen withhis chin. Slowly, very slowly, so as not to disturb her, he turned his head andstudied her face.
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