I can tell it here," she said, speaking English now with softest Creole accent.

"I wanted--I came to--" It was not so easy as she had imagined it would be to utter what she had in mind.

Clark's steadfast, inscrutable eyes, kindly yet not altogether sympathetic, met her own and beat them down.

Her voice failed.
He offered her his arm and gravely said: "We will go to my office.

I see that you have some important communication to make.