6/73 I imagine her friends are late for the appointment." "Where's she going ?" asked Monty. She has drafts on a German merchant in Nairobi." From that moment until we were safely in our quarters on the steamer Monty's attitude became one of rigid indifference toward her or anything to do with her. The British officers went out to the steamer with us, but all the way Monty only talked of the climate, trade conditions, and the other subjects to which polite conversation of Africa's east coast is limited. Fred kept nudging him, but Monty took no notice. |