9/27 The orchids seemed to suggest absorbing reflections. In defiance of the rules she stretched her ungloved hand and touched one. But next moment he controlled himself; he looked at her taking in one strange shape after another with the contemplative, considering gaze of a person who sees not exactly what is before him, but gropes in regions that lie beyond it. The far-away look entirely lacked self-consciousness. Denham doubted whether she remembered his presence. |