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Show 177 Finding no disagreement there, Mrs Satterwhite settled back and let her eyes wander to the window. Passing quickly over the coffering of puddles they rose to the leafy idyl across the bay. "Their houses are larger," she said. "Just the outside corridor." "Which makes them larger. And more attractive." She waited a moment, savoring the small victory. "According to Mrs Lambert, the officer they're replacing is being transferred. The Colonel looked at her with the coldness that, in another family, might imply sprung relations, but in theirs was tha normal connubial communication. When he made no answer she continued. "Which leaves a house vacant." "Won't Lambert get it?" "Lambert's a captain." The Colonel's eyebrows went up. "What are you talking about? Taking a house in Naka?" A thin smile hovered at the edge of his lips as he thought. Then he frowned. "That would cause trouble. Big trouble." "It would be worth it." A new thought assailed her, and she leaned forward. "Can you imagine what we could do, living in Naka? "You've said it yourself: they live like a rabble. They violate regulations at every turn, and the Major doesn't care. |