When Marigay leaves i head for the kitchen. Jason and Sillitta aren't alone anymore. Several other servants are by now busy with preparations for the big dinner.
"Sillitta, vieni con me per un attimo, per favore." She smiles when I address her in her mother tongue and follows me. Jason just stares at me, with a mixture of hostility, defeat and lust. "Want to come too or are you too busy chopping onions?"
One of the doors to a guestroom is open. I glance inside and when I see Marigay consoling Melissa I cannot help but think of a Boa coiling itself around a rabbit. Poor girl, I'm really sorry for her.
In my room I give Sillitta the powder and explain to her in Italian how to use itl while i start to undress. It's a rather strong barbiturate. Jason stands there, leering at us. "Would you mind 'elping me to scrub my back in the shower?"