Forth into Light

With a long exhalation of breath she let herself go limp. How much longer must she wait?

Beneath it, Sarah sensed a watchfulness that puzzled her and she became defensively chatty.

That was why he had pulled out the wad of bills.

A lousy thousand drachmas.

Peter’s tax position was the primary consideration since he had had most of the money in those days.

By seven, the last rocky barrier had been surmounted and the town was exposed at last to a blaze of white stinging light, and the business of the day had begun.