The sun-blinds were half down to keep out the sun and the room itself was dim and cool so that for the moment it was hard to see if it was occupied until at the far end she saw a man rise to his feet and knew at one that it was Lord Orsett.
Yvette walked ahead of her, then as Kelda followed, she saw Lord Orsett for the first time and found him very different from what she had imagined.
To begin with, from the way Yvette always spoke of him, she thought he must be a man of at least fifty or more, but instead he was much younger and had a physique that could rival any of the natives she had admired as they drove from the Port.
Broad-shouldered and dressed in a white suit, he seemed large and overpowering. Then, as she looked at his face, she was startled.
His features were clean-cut and
