Letty Lynton Page #3

You just got on, didn't you?

This morning, yes.

The trip has been very dull...

so far.

You've been on for months. How terrible.

I got on at Capetown.

Do you play deck tennis?

Oh, I'm a dump.

Hmm...

My shuffleboard's pretty good.

Oh, you have good shuffleboard...

Yes... well, I don't like to brag...

I couldn't imagine you bragging.

That's very kind of you. Thank you.

Not at all.

You know, I inadvertently got a look

in your stateroom this morning.

Yes, I remember. Oh, do you?

I have a confession to make to you.

Confession?

Yes, I arranged to have you put

at this table.

Perhaps I shouldn't have told you.

I...

It was a bit of a shock.

Would it shock you to death

if I suggested a cocktail?

Oh, no, I'm a modern girl.

One wouldn't hurt.

Steward.

Two, er... dry martinis?

Dry martins. Two.

You're American, aren't you?

Hm-hmm.

And you? Yes, indeed, 100%.

I'll bet you are.

Capetown is not a nice place, hm?

Not of Africa.

I came in at Tripoli and went out

at Capetown.

Oh, how wonderful.

Did you hunt lions?

Did...

The lions know I've been in Africa,

make no mistake about that.

Thrilling.

I wish I were a man.

I should think you would.

But I mean one like you,

with that hair-raising experience.

Hair-raising? Yes...

It's a wonder to me I'm here at all.

Really? Oh, do tell me.

Well, I've had so many.

Oh, one less.

There was one time in Northern Rhodesia...

Yes, I read about that in geography.

We found a native camp built on stilts.

Oh, I know, I've seen pictures of it.

Yes...

We hadn't built any fire

to frighten the animals around.

You don't say.

Not a snitch of fire. Not a snitch?

Not a snitch.

I was sleeping like a baby,

when suddenly I heard heavy breathing.

Sort of a snore.

A wild beast!

Wild? It was a black panther.

Climbed up a tree and was trying

to get in the second story window.

Oh, I'm frightened to death.

What on earth did you do?

I knocked him down.

But it didn't efface the panther.

The next time he caught me

with my pants...

when I was sound asleep.

Did he get in?

I just had time to jump out of bed

as he dropped in on me.

How awful.

I rushed to the door and jumped out.

Did he jump after you?

Yes, but it was too late.

Go on, go on.

You see, there was a

lion after the panther.

The lion was waiting in the tall grass below and

because of the shadows I couldn't see lion.

Of course, of course.

So I alit right on his back.

On the lion's back?

On the lion's back.

As I alit on him, he alit out.

Through the jungle.

Through the night and the jungle.

Did you stay on him?

Oh, yes, miles and miles.

It was a he-lion, had a big mane.

Lucky it was a he-lion.

In the morning,

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