"I wish for once you would try to be honest." "Honest ?" His amusement was perfectly sincere.

"I am as honest as the day, and I've always been.

That's why I'm in politics." "Then tell me what you are trying to say about Father.

If there's anything wrong, I'd rather be told at once." They were still standing on the deserted corner below the garden, and while she waited for his answer, she glanced away from him up the side street, which rose in a steep ascent from the business quarter of the town.

The sun was still high over the distant housetops and the light turned the brick pavement to a rich red and shot the clouds of gray dust with silver.