For the next few days. ''Yes? Where?''Oh, just over to France with Dickon. Is that all right?'Octavia sounded rather odd, he thought, as she said yes,it would be all right, but she really did want to speak toLouise, it was something fairly urgent. Just a matter of talking the board round, as JimDraper put it.
He had known her since she was ababy. 'Octavia, it's me. ''You shouldn't be. 'Once we're in,we can do something.