The Death Instinct by Jed Rubenfeld

Author:Jed Rubenfeld [Rubenfeld, Jed]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Published: 2010-11-24T00:00:00+00:00

Colette uttered not a word. She turned away and waved for a porter, who quickly loaded the three tattered suitcases onto his hand truck. The porter set off. Colette, followed by Luc, walked slowly into the crowd.

Younger, lighting a cigarette, gazed past the Welshman to the vast black George Washington, memories boiling up. It had been a great ship once. It had brought Freud to America. It had taken Woodrow Wilson to Europe. It had carried kings and queens and heads of state. Now it was relegated to commercial passenger duty once again. All greatness fades.

Colette stopped. She turned, burst out of the crowd, and ran back to him. 'I'm such a fool,' she said. 'I'm not going.'

'Get on board,' said Younger. 'You'll regret it - you'll resent it - the rest of your life if you don't.'

The ship spoke in an earsplitting blast. Seagulls took flight. The call for all passengers went out.

Colette buried her cheek on his chest.

'Go on,' said Younger. 'It won't be so hard. You can cry on my shoulder in Vienna when we get there.'

She looked at him; he looked back. 'You don't mean it,' she said.

'Why shouldn't I come?' he asked. 'You're in love with me, not Heinrich.'

She didn't deny it.

Younger went on: 'If I let you go by yourself, you might actually marry this convict. Don't think I'm coming for your sake, though. It's Heinrich I'm worried about. You don't do a man any favors by marrying him when you're in love with someone else. You'd be killing him, slowly but surely. Besides -' he removed from his jacket another ticket for passage on the George Washington - 'my bags are already on board.'

Colette's whole body seemed to exhale with relief, and she smiled her most irresistible smile. As the ship steamed out to open sea, the three uncorked a bottle of champagne. Even Luc was allowed to try a little.

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