The lake in the middle of it was incredibly blue and when Melina appeared from the middle of it naked and dripping with water she began to mechanically strip. He didn’t see any parachutes, but it didn’t seem fair play to shoot at parachutists anyway, so he turned briefly north and, as he pulled out the map to get a more precise heading, he had a strange feeling that something was wrong. But no, he hadn’t. Early on, Robert was unlucky enough to be attacked by two enemy aircraft at the same time, but by making a perfect luing he got behind one of the two planes and strafed it at length, with all his armament on board. He had a headache and was afraid of sunstroke. At night I can’t be with you.”
“Wait, wait he said hastily. She turned into water… The paper was cool and seemed to bring him some comfort. But to all Robert’s questions, Melina’s voice usually answered evasively, and even though she laughed as heartily as the girl in London, he finally realized that she knew only as much about Melina from home as he did.
