I hoped that she was all right, but even if she wasn’t, there was hardly anything that I could do about it; I was due in court in a few minutes. Arbitrator Bloch sent up a small parcel to our apartment and I opened it to find myself completely bemused. At first I thought it was tiny, pinstriped, ...
He was quite content to trot Moses along at a gentle pace. After all, Umkaza was going nowhere. There was no need to rush – quite the opposite to Madame Destine’s thoughts, who was eager to arrive at their destination. After all, it was a place that she had put all her hopes in. Even so, the Fren...
‘He’s done what?’ he raged. ‘After I explicitly told him not to? This is intolerable Destine, it really is! I’ll have to get there right away.’ ‘No, Cornelius, I beg of you—wait,’ implored Destine. ‘He’s been gone for hours, just after you left for the prison. You’ll never catch up with him.’ ‘Wh...
