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From
his
hotel
Rainer
dispatched
a
cable
to
London
which
he
could
n't
allow
to
convey
his
anger
,
hurt
or
disappointment
.
It
merely
said
:
MUST
RETURN
BONN
BUT
WILL
BE
IN
LONDON
WEEKEND
STOP
WHY
DID
N'T
YOU
TELL
ME
QUERY
ALL
MY
LOVE
RAIN
On
his
desk
in
the
office
at
Bonn
were
an
express
delivery
letter
from
Justine
,
and
a
registered
packet
which
his
secretary
informed
him
had
come
from
Cardinal
de
Bricassart
's
lawyers
in
Rome
.
He
opened
this
first
,
to
learn
that
under
the
terms
of
Ralph
de
Bricassart
's
will
he
was
to
add
another
company
to
his
already
formidable
list
of
directorships
.
Michar
Limited
.
And
Drogheda
.
Exasperated
yet
curiously
touched
,
he
understood
that
this
was
the
Cardinal
's
way
of
telling
him
that
in
the
final
weighing
he
had
not
been
found
wanting
,
that
those
prayers
during
the
war
years
had
borne
fruit
.
Into
Rainer
's
hands
he
had
delivered
the
future
welfare
of
Meggie
O'Neill
and
her
people
.
Or
so
Rainer
interpreted
it
,
for
the
wording
of
the
Cardinal
's
will
was
quite
impersonal
.
It
could
not
dare
be
otherwise
.
He
threw
the
packet
into
the
basket
for
general
non-secret
correspondence
,
immediate
reply
,
and
opened
the
letter
from
Justine
.
It
began
badly
,
without
any
kind
of
salutation
.
Thank
you
for
the
cable
.
You
've
no
idea
how
glad
I
am
that
we
have
n't
been
in
touch
these
last
couple
of
weeks
,
because
I
would
have
hated
to
have
you
around
.
At
the
time
all
I
could
think
when
I
thought
of
you
was
,
thank
God
you
did
n't
know
.
You
may
find
this
hard
to
understand
,
but
I
do
n't
want
you
anywhere
near
me
.
There
is
nothing
pretty
about
grief
,
Rain
,
nor
any
way
your
witnessing
mine
could
alleviate
it
.
Indeed
,
you
might
say
this
has
proved
to
me
how
little
I
love
you
.
If
I
did
truly
love
you
I
'd
turn
to
you
instinctively
,
would
n't
I
?
But
I
find
myself
turning
away
.
Therefore
I
would
much
rather
that
we
call
it
quits
for
good
and
all
,
Rain
.
I
have
nothing
to
give
you
,
and
I
want
nothing
from
you
.
This
has
taught
me
how
much
people
mean
if
they
're
around
for
twenty-six
years
.
I
could
n't
bear
ever
to
go
through
this
again
,
and
you
said
it
yourself
,
remember
?
Marriage
or
nothing
.
Well
,
I
elect
nothing
.
My
mother
tells
me
the
old
Cardinal
died
a
few
hours
after
I
left
Drogheda
.
Funny
.
Mum
was
quite
cut
up
about
his
dying
.
Not
that
she
said
anything
,
but
I
know
her
.
Beats
me
why
she
and
Dane
and
you
liked
him
so
much
.
I
never
could
,
I
thought
he
was
too
smarmy
for
words
.
An
opinion
I
'm
not
prepared
to
change
just
because
he
's
dead
.
And
that
's
it
.
All
there
is
.
I
do
mean
what
I
say
,
Rain
.
Nothing
is
what
I
elect
to
have
from
you
.
Look
after
yourself
.
She
had
signed
it
with
the
usual
bold
,
black
"
Justine
,
"
and
it
was
written
with
the
new
felt-tipped
pen
she
had
hailed
so
gleefully
when
he
gave
it
to
her
,
as
an
instrument
thick
and
dark
and
positive
enough
to
satisfy
her
.
