Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha by Dorothy Gilman

Author:Dorothy Gilman [Gilman, Dorothy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-8041-5180-1
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2014-05-27T16:00:00+00:00

“I like your young man,” Robin said as they drove back to the hotel through streets brilliant with flashing neon. “He’s badly frightened, though.”

“Yes,” she said, and then, “I am, too, aren’t you?”

This time only Robin used the freight elevator; Mrs. Pollifax, wondering if there were any cables from Carstairs, stopped at the desk in the lobby to inquire; there was indeed a cable for Mrs. Reed-Pollifax and she carried it unopened up to her room, thinking how long a day it had been. It had begun with Mr. Hitchens asleep on her chaise longue, after which they had found the body of Inspector Hao; she and Robin had discovered the identity of the man with the black aura; she had observed stakeouts at Feng Imports, done her advertising survey and had seen Sheng Ti and Lotus again. It was no wonder that she was feeling drained and tired.

She placed her purse next to the figure of the Buddha that stood on the bureau, the expression on its face one of an unbelievable serenity that at this moment Mrs. Pollifax envied with all her heart. With a sigh she slit open the envelope of the cable to discover that it was not from Carstairs but from Cyrus. She read: RAINED OUT STOP RETURNED EARLY STOP CATCHING FIRST PLANE TO JOIN YOU THURSDAY NIGHT HONG KONG TIME STOP MISS YOU SEE YOU LOVE YOU CYRUS.

Mrs. Pollifax read it over a second time, feeling all of her tiredness drop away from her like an outworn coat. Cyrus was coming … Cyrus!

She laughed with delight, and catching the eye of the Buddha she thought for a moment that it smiled back at her; she made it a very small, whimsical curtsy before she turned out the lights.

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