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.'If the men who abducted you made any threats,' Dr Phillips said, 'you are free of them now, you know, Meg.And the best way to make sure you stay free of them would be to tell your father where they can be found, and have them sent to gaol.''Would they not send a jumbi to see to me ?'He shot her a glance.'You don't believe in that nonsense, do you?''I don't really know what I believe in, Dr Phillips.'They rode their horses down the slope and entered the canefields.Soon they came upon a gang of East Indians, busily weeding.They all stopped to stare at them.But surely they mattered even less than the overseers.'You know, Meg,' Dr Phillips said conversationally, 'it is very possible that these men who abducted you may have done you some injury, of which you are quite unaware.Black people, well.white people too, of course.they sometimes, ah, carry illness, carry diseases, you know, which can ah, be communicated from one person to the other without either one being aware of what is happening.Now, it is terribly important that I should know if there is a possibility of this at the earliest possible moment.' He was flushing scarlet.'So it really would be best if you were to tell me.in general terms, of course.exactly what happened, both when you were first abducted and afterwards.' He paused, and found a handkerchief to wipe his brow.'But I was not abducted,' Meg explained.'You.my dear Meg, I have just explained that there is no necessity for you any longer to be afraid of these people.''I was not abducted,' she insisted.'They invited me to go with them, and I went.' He drew rein, to stare at her.'But why?' 'I was curious.''Curious? My God.' He realized that the mare was walking away from him and hastily kicked his mount forward again.'You said "they".Who were "they"?''Some men,' Meg said.Dr Phillips caught up with her, drew alongside.'They must have threatened you, or something like that.' 'No, they didn't.''Meg, your.ah.underclothes were lying on the ground.' 'Of course.I took them off’'Took them off? My God.' Once again the handkerchief was busy.'You mean, they made you undress.''No, no,' she said.'I was already undressed.Oh, you may as well know, I was bathing in the river, and these men came along and asked me to go with them, and I went.''Undressed ?''I put my habit on.''Great Scott,' Dr Phillips remarked, apparently to himself, and fell silent.And a few minutes later they came out of the canefields and were riding down the slope towards the village, with the sheep and the goats hastily getting out of their way.Meg's heart started to pound again.Would she ever be able to look at a goat without remembering the sacrificial kid?'Meg.' Oriole came running down the front stairs of the bungalow.'Oh, you poor child.Whatever did they do to you?'Meg dismounted.Every front porch on every house on the street was full, of the white women and their maids and their children.'Meg.' Oriole held her shoulders, rather as Tony Hilton had done.'Are you all right? Can you speak?''Of course I can speak, Oriole,' Meg said.Today she was not even afraid of Oriole.Oriole looked at Dr Phillips, who shrugged.'She seems to have undergone a very odd experience.' He opened the gate for her.'About which she does not seem prepared to talk.''Not talk of it?' Oriole demanded.'Have they caught the scoundrels ?''No, they have not,' Phillips said.'But they are still looking.'Meg was halfway up the stairs.She paused to look down.'They were not scoundrels.They looked after me for the night'Oriole looked at her, then at Phillips.Who shrugged again.'It is what she keeps saying.Presumably it could just be true.Although I must say.''True?' Oriole shouted.'Of all the rubbish.True? How can it be true? She's clearly suffering from some sort of shock.Or perhaps she's been bewitched.Yes indeed, that wouldn't surprise me.These people are all heathens, however much they pretend to be Christians.The poor child is bewitched.Yes, indeed, that must be it.' She started up the stairs.'She must be put to bed, and she must be examined, doctor.Not only for.well, you know what I mean.But she might have contracted some terrible disease.''Exactly what I was saying,' Phillips agreed.Oriole caught up with Meg on the front porch.'Now come along, Meg, we'll get these horrid rags off, and give you a bath, and put you to bed, and Dr Phillips can examine you, and then he will give you a sleeping potion, and when you wake up, why, you'll be able to tell us what happened, and your father will be able to arrest those dreadful men, if he hasn't already managed to do so.''They were not dreadful people,' Meg said.'And they will not be arrested.I would love a hot bath and to lie down, but I do not need a sleeping potion and I do not need a physical examination.I am not going to have a physical examination.'Oriole gazed at her for some seconds.'Did you hear that, doctor?' she asked at last.'She has never spoken to me like that before.Clearly her mind is under some outside influence.''Well.' Phillips also came up the steps.'It may be just exhaustion.But I do think I should examine you, Meg.''Don't touch me,' Meg said.'Just don't touch me.'Phillips looked at Oriole [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.'If the men who abducted you made any threats,' Dr Phillips said, 'you are free of them now, you know, Meg.And the best way to make sure you stay free of them would be to tell your father where they can be found, and have them sent to gaol.''Would they not send a jumbi to see to me ?'He shot her a glance.'You don't believe in that nonsense, do you?''I don't really know what I believe in, Dr Phillips.'They rode their horses down the slope and entered the canefields.Soon they came upon a gang of East Indians, busily weeding.They all stopped to stare at them.But surely they mattered even less than the overseers.'You know, Meg,' Dr Phillips said conversationally, 'it is very possible that these men who abducted you may have done you some injury, of which you are quite unaware.Black people, well.white people too, of course.they sometimes, ah, carry illness, carry diseases, you know, which can ah, be communicated from one person to the other without either one being aware of what is happening.Now, it is terribly important that I should know if there is a possibility of this at the earliest possible moment.' He was flushing scarlet.'So it really would be best if you were to tell me.in general terms, of course.exactly what happened, both when you were first abducted and afterwards.' He paused, and found a handkerchief to wipe his brow.'But I was not abducted,' Meg explained.'You.my dear Meg, I have just explained that there is no necessity for you any longer to be afraid of these people.''I was not abducted,' she insisted.'They invited me to go with them, and I went.' He drew rein, to stare at her.'But why?' 'I was curious.''Curious? My God.' He realized that the mare was walking away from him and hastily kicked his mount forward again.'You said "they".Who were "they"?''Some men,' Meg said.Dr Phillips caught up with her, drew alongside.'They must have threatened you, or something like that.' 'No, they didn't.''Meg, your.ah.underclothes were lying on the ground.' 'Of course.I took them off’'Took them off? My God.' Once again the handkerchief was busy.'You mean, they made you undress.''No, no,' she said.'I was already undressed.Oh, you may as well know, I was bathing in the river, and these men came along and asked me to go with them, and I went.''Undressed ?''I put my habit on.''Great Scott,' Dr Phillips remarked, apparently to himself, and fell silent.And a few minutes later they came out of the canefields and were riding down the slope towards the village, with the sheep and the goats hastily getting out of their way.Meg's heart started to pound again.Would she ever be able to look at a goat without remembering the sacrificial kid?'Meg.' Oriole came running down the front stairs of the bungalow.'Oh, you poor child.Whatever did they do to you?'Meg dismounted.Every front porch on every house on the street was full, of the white women and their maids and their children.'Meg.' Oriole held her shoulders, rather as Tony Hilton had done.'Are you all right? Can you speak?''Of course I can speak, Oriole,' Meg said.Today she was not even afraid of Oriole.Oriole looked at Dr Phillips, who shrugged.'She seems to have undergone a very odd experience.' He opened the gate for her.'About which she does not seem prepared to talk.''Not talk of it?' Oriole demanded.'Have they caught the scoundrels ?''No, they have not,' Phillips said.'But they are still looking.'Meg was halfway up the stairs.She paused to look down.'They were not scoundrels.They looked after me for the night'Oriole looked at her, then at Phillips.Who shrugged again.'It is what she keeps saying.Presumably it could just be true.Although I must say.''True?' Oriole shouted.'Of all the rubbish.True? How can it be true? She's clearly suffering from some sort of shock.Or perhaps she's been bewitched.Yes indeed, that wouldn't surprise me.These people are all heathens, however much they pretend to be Christians.The poor child is bewitched.Yes, indeed, that must be it.' She started up the stairs.'She must be put to bed, and she must be examined, doctor.Not only for.well, you know what I mean.But she might have contracted some terrible disease.''Exactly what I was saying,' Phillips agreed.Oriole caught up with Meg on the front porch.'Now come along, Meg, we'll get these horrid rags off, and give you a bath, and put you to bed, and Dr Phillips can examine you, and then he will give you a sleeping potion, and when you wake up, why, you'll be able to tell us what happened, and your father will be able to arrest those dreadful men, if he hasn't already managed to do so.''They were not dreadful people,' Meg said.'And they will not be arrested.I would love a hot bath and to lie down, but I do not need a sleeping potion and I do not need a physical examination.I am not going to have a physical examination.'Oriole gazed at her for some seconds.'Did you hear that, doctor?' she asked at last.'She has never spoken to me like that before.Clearly her mind is under some outside influence.''Well.' Phillips also came up the steps.'It may be just exhaustion.But I do think I should examine you, Meg.''Don't touch me,' Meg said.'Just don't touch me.'Phillips looked at Oriole [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]