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Chapter 11

           "Ifyoucan’tseeit,there’snousegoingintoit."

           "Don’tyouknoweverybodywasdrunkallthetimeduringthewar?"

           "Well,let’sforgetit."

           Buttheepisodewasnotquiteover.Therewereurgentfootstepsintheheatherbehindthemandthedoctordrewupalongside.

           "Pardon,Messieurs,"hepanted."Voulez-vousreglermeshonorairies?Naturellementc’estpoursoinsmédicauxseulement.M.Barbann’aqu’unbilletdemilleetnepeutpaslesrégleretl’autrealaissésonporte-monnaiechezlui."

           "TrustaFrenchmantothinkofthat,"saidAbe,andthentothedoctor."Combien?"

           "Letmepaythis,"saidMcKisco.

           "No,I’vegotit.Wewereallinaboutthesamedanger."

           AbepaidthedoctorwhileMcKiscosuddenlyturnedintothebushesandwassickthere.ThenpalerthanbeforehestruttedonwithAbetowardthecarthroughthenowrosymorning.

           Campionlaygaspingonhisbackintheshrubbery,theonlycasualtyoftheduel,whileRosemarysuddenlyhystericalwithlaughterkeptkickingathimwithherespadrille.Shedidthispersistentlyuntilsherousedhimtheonlymatterofimportancetohernowwasthatinafewhoursshewouldseethepersonwhomshestillreferredtoinhermindas"theDivers"onthebeach.

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