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'Certainly not less than ten days'

Quite The exact length of time she had left at the Isle of Hawks He definitely wanted her off the island

'What about the people in the other side ofthem up here, too?' she demanded

'Their booking was made prior to yours, so of course they had first option on the only alternative suite that was available,' he said suavely ‘Is there soement? Our quarters here are quite sep­arate, except for this adjoining door And you won’t be charged for the inconvenience In fact, to deer, I can arrange for the total cost of your holiday to be refunded for you'

There was no question about it now He was letting her know that if she left it would be greatly to her financial advantage Elizabeth was torn by terful urges One was to grab the offer and retreat while she still had a shred of integrity left, the other was to fling his bribe in hisface

‘In fact, Beth, you should consider yourself privileged because it's usually only friends of the fa her expressive face

That proht 'And would I be expected to share ed" accom­modation with Mrs Corvell?' She knew that Serena had been using the roouessed that the other woman would be no keener than herself at the idea of enforced companionship

'Serena is no longer staying at Ile des Faucons'

Elizabeth locked her jaw to prevent it fro 'Oh!'

'She flew back to New Zealand thisthe island after all'

'Oh' Elizabeth's uninterest overwhelrateful that she was no longer involved in any ith the distasteful tri­angleor was it a quartet?

'So now you will be able to relax after all, and enjoy the facilities we have to offer for their own sake,' Jack said silkily

'And if I said I wanted to leave New Caledonia no doubt you'd offer to pay for that, too,' snapped Elizabeth

'Oh, no, Beth, for you it's not going to be that easy,' he said, to her total consternation

'What do youto make her so uncomfortable that she would jump at the first opportunity to leave