:09:00
Well, as you know, Robert was
spending the night in Singapore.
:09:03
I never mind being alone.
:09:05
-Planter's wife gets used to that.
-My dear.
:09:08
I had dinner rather late
and started working on my lace.
:09:11
I don't know how long I'd been working
when suddenly I heard a footstep outside.
:09:15
Someone came up on the veranda
and said, "Good evening. Can I come in?"
:09:19
I was startled because I hadn't heard
a car drive up.
:09:22
Hammond left his car
a quarter-mile down the road.
:09:24
Your houseboy noticed it
as we were driving here.
:09:26
Probably didn't want anyone
to hear him.
:09:28
At first I couldn't tell who it was.
"Who is it?" I asked.
:09:31
"Geoff Hammond."
:09:33
"Of course," I said.
"Come in and have a drink."
:09:35
-Were you surprised to see him?
-Well, I was, rather.
:09:38
-We hadn't seen him for ages, had we?
-Three months at least.
:09:42
I told him Robert was
at the number four plantation...
:09:44
-...getting out a shipment. Was that it?
-Yes, darling.
:09:48
-What happened?
-He said, "I'm so sorry...
:09:51
...I was feeling lonely, so I came over
to see how you were getting on."
:09:54
I asked him how he'd come
as I hadn't heard a car.
:09:57
He said he'd left it on the road. We might
be in bed, and he didn't want to wake us.
:10:02
I put on my spectacles again
and went on with my work.
:10:06
Well, we went on chatting...
:10:09
...and then suddenly
he said something rather silly.
:10:12
-What?
-It's hardly worth repeating.
:10:14
He paid me a little compliment.
:10:16
Perhaps you'd better tell us
exactly what he said.
:10:19
He said, "You have very pretty eyes.
:10:21
It's a shame to hide them
under those ugly spectacles."
:10:24
Had he ever said
anything of the sort before?
:10:26
-Never, and I thought it impertinent.
-I don't wonder.
:10:29
-Did you answer him?
-I said:
:10:31
"I don't care twopence
what you think about me."
:10:33
He only laughed and said,
"I'm going to tell you, all the same.
:10:36
I think you're the prettiest thing
I've ever seen."
:10:40
-I don't understand--
-Let her finish.
:10:42
"In that case," I said,
"I can only think you half-witted."
:10:45
But he laughed again
and moved his chair up closer.
:10:48
"You can't deny you have
the prettiest hands in the world."
:10:51
Well, that rather put my back up.
:10:53
My hands are not very good,
and no woman wants to be flattered...
:10:56
-...on her worst points.
-Oh, darling.
:10:59
Robert, you silly thing.