The Forsyte Saga - Volume 3 - Page 33/204

Fleur rose from her chair-swiftly, restlessly; and flung herself down at

a writing-table. Seizing ink and writing paper, she began to write as

if she had not time to breathe before she got her letter written. And

suddenly she saw him. The air of desperate absorption vanished, she

smiled, waved a kiss, made a pretty face as if she were a little puzzled

and a little bored.

Ah! She was "fine"--"fine!"