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"You gave irl friend"

"Thanks very much"

"But when you've had the operation, what are you going to do then? You can't got on living alone in a cellar all your life"

"I thought I'd be a call girl" She said it as she ht have said 'nurse' or 'secretary'

"Oh, what do you mean by that?" Perhaps she had picked up the expression without understanding it

"One of those girls who has a beautiful flat and lovely clothes You knohat Ithem up and coet a hundred dollars for each tiht I'd start Of course," she adin with Until I learned to do it really well How hed "I really can't re tihed "Yes, I suppose you can have as ly men that pay But that can't be helped Any kind of job in the big townsa call girl Then I can coh to find a nice husband and have some children Now that I've found these Venus shells I've worked out that I ht be back in Jamaica by the time I'm thirty Won't that be lovely?"

"I like the last part of the plan But I'm not so sure of the first Anyhere did you find out about these call girls? Were they under G in the encyclopedia?"

"Of course not Don't be silly There was a big case about theo There was a rich playboy called Jelke He had a whole string of girls There was a lot about the case in the Gleaner They gave all the prices and everything And anyway, there are thousands of those sort of girls in Kingston, only of course not such good ones They only get about five shillings and they have no where to go and do it except the bush My Nanny told row up like them or I'd be very unhappy I can see that for only five shillings But for a hundred dollars!"

Bond said, "You wouldn't be able to keep all of that You'd have to have a sort of et the men, and then you'd have to bribe the police to leave you alone And you could easily go to prison if so I really don't think you'd like the work I'll tell you what, with all you know about aniet a wonderful job looking after them in one of the American zoos Or what about the Jamaica Institute? I'm sure you'd like that better You'd be just as likely toa call girl any ot a beautiful body You must keep it for the men you love"

"That's what people say in books," she said doubtfully "The trouble is there aren't any men to love at Beau Desert" She said shyly, "You're the first English I don't s at all I suppose there are plenty of other people I should like if I could get away"

"Of course there are Hundreds And you're a wonderful girl I thought so directly I saw you"

"Sawdrowsy,' but it was full of pleasure

Bond laughed "Well, it was a wonderful behind And the other side onderful too" Bond's body began to stir with the ruffly, "Now coo to sleep There'll be plenty of tiet back to Jamaica"

"Will there?" she said sleepily "Promise?"

"Pro He looked down He could just ave the deep sigh of a child before it falls asleep

There was silence in the clearing It was getting cold Bond put his head down on his hunched knees He kneas no good trying to get to sleep His mind was full of the day and of this extraordinary Girl Tarzan who had come into his life It was as if some beautiful ani the leash until he had solved her problems for her He knew it Of course there would be no difficulty about most of them He could fix the operation-even, with the help of friends, find a proper job and a home for her He had the et her started in the big world It would be fun But what about the other side? What about the physical desire he felt for her? One could notchildish about her body or her personality She was fully grown and highly intelligent in her fashion, and far irl of twenty Bond had everat his sleeve The so to sleep? Are you cold?"

"No, I' Would you like to come, in? There's plenty of rooht"

There was a pause, then, al I o to sleep back to front, you know, like spoons"

"Honey, darling, you go to sleep It'd be lovely to be like that, but not tonight Anyway I'll have to take over froing "Perhaps e get back to Jao to sleep until you promise"

Bond said desperately, "Of course I proo to sleep, Honeychile"

The voice whispered triumphantly, "Now you oweJa Honey"