Sheldon, Sidney - The Other Side of Midnight by Sheldon Sidney

Author:Sheldon, Sidney
Language: eng
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Published: 2006-04-23T03:22:12+00:00

Book Two

Noelle AND

CATHERINE

Athens 1946

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a mold some cities, some cities mold men. Athens is nvfl that has withstood the hammer of centuries. It captured and despoiled by the Saracens, the the Turks, but each time it patiently survived, lies toward the southern end of the great cen-plain of Attica, which slopes gently toward the iic Gulf on the southwest and is overlooked on feast by the majestic Mount Hymettus. Underneath ay patina of the city one still found a village with ancient ghosts and steeped in rich tradition aeless glories, where its citizens lived as much in past as in the present, a city of constant surprise, I of discovery, and in the end unknowable.

was at the Hellenikon Airport to meet Gather-i plane. She saw him hurrying toward the ramp, his

> eager and excited as he ran toward her. He looked her and leaner than when she had last seen him, 1 he seemed to be free of strain.

I've missed you, Cathy," he said as he scooped her cin his arms.

js*Tve missed you too." And as she said it, she real-how much she meant it. She kept forgetting the

; physical impact that Larry had on her until they

: after an absence and each time it hit her anew.

"How did Bill Fraser take the newt?" Larry asked as him helped her through Customs.

"He was very good about it"

"He had no choice, had he?" Larry said, sardonj, cally.

Catherine remembered her meeting with Bill Fraser.

He had looked at her, shocked. "You're going to go off to Greece to Uve? Why, for God's sakes?"

"It's hi the fine print of my marriage contract," she had replied lightly.

"I mean, why can't Larry get a job here, Catherine?"

"I don't know why, Bill. Something always seems to go wrong. But he has a job hi Greece and he seems to feel that it's going to work out."

After his first impulsive protest Fraser had been

wonderful. He had made everything easy for her and insisted that she keep her interest hi the firm. "You're not going to stay away forever," he kept saying.

Catherine was thinking of his words now as she watched Larry arrange for a porter to carry her luggage to a limousine.

He spoke to the porter in Greek and Catherine marveled at Larry's facility for language.

"WattTl you meet Constantin Demiris," Larry said.

"He's like a goddamn king. All the moguls hi Europe seem to spend their time figuring out 'what they can do to please him."

I'm glad you like him.1*

"And he likes me."

She had never heard him sound so happy and enthusiastic.

It was a good omen.

On the way to the hotel Larry described his first meeting with Demiris. Larry had been met at the airport by a liveried chauffeur. Larry had asked to take a look at Demiris' fleet of planes, and the chauffeur had driven him to an enormous hangar at the far end of the field. There were three planes, and Larry inspected each one with a critical eye. The Hawker Siddeley was a beauty, and he longed to get behind the wheel and fly it.

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