Chapter 19

The Pomeroys’ concern was natural. Nobody likes to see a good friend go down. Yet, they need not have been so dismayed. If Spenser had lost his heart, he had kept his head. The man was desperately in love, but he had counted the cost and was fully prepared to pay, when the moment came. He knew that ‘the Longwood girl’ was out of his reach. He knew that Piétat appealed to her, was sure she liked its master, hoped she would remember them both. But that was all. Aesop must stick to his fable, and she to her film. If h…