Silvertip's Search (1960)
“He had a chance to see the room, with its goatskin rug and the big, low bed; and, above all, to be surprised at the position of the lamp set in the casement. From that position it streamed its light straight at the man, and touched the girl with only a vague reflection which showed that her hair was dark and softly luminous, and gave a faint glow to her olive skin.
It was almost as hard to see her now as it had been across the distance of the patio, when the moonlight struck her, but Brender di...d not need to stand close. He had guessed at her as one surmises a garden in the dark by the fragrance of the rose, and by hope. To him she was beautiful, and the brightest sun and the passage of a score of years could never make him see anything other than beauty in that face.
“I’m glad you came back, Alonso,” said the other man. “She’s playing the stubborn devil again. No promises now. She won’t commit herself. The first chance she gets, she’ll start screeching like a wild cat to draw attention; she’ll have us in jail unless we chloroform her and take her out of the country in the middle of the night.”MoreLess
It was almost as hard to see her now as it had been across the distance of the patio, when the moonlight struck her, but Brender di...d not need to stand close. He had guessed at her as one surmises a garden in the dark by the fragrance of the rose, and by hope. To him she was beautiful, and the brightest sun and the passage of a score of years could never make him see anything other than beauty in that face.
“I’m glad you came back, Alonso,” said the other man. “She’s playing the stubborn devil again. No promises now. She won’t commit herself. The first chance she gets, she’ll start screeching like a wild cat to draw attention; she’ll have us in jail unless we chloroform her and take her out of the country in the middle of the night.”MoreLess
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