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It was the day after this that Waddington, coming to the bungalow in the afternoon, when he had sat a little asked Kitty if she would not go for a stroll with him. She had not been out of the compound since their arrival. She was glad enough.
‘There are not many walks, I'm afraid,' he said. ‘But we'll go to the top of the hill.'