The Constant Gardener
“Woodrow replied silkily.
“Only I imagine it could be very worrying for you—vexing too, in your position of responsibility as Head of Chancery—seeing all this happening under your nose and knowing there's nothing you can do to stop it. I mean you can't go up to Justin, can you, and say, ”Look at that bearded black man over there, he's carrying on with your wife,“ can you? Or can you?”
“If scandal threatens to drag the good name of the Mission into the gutter, I'm entitled—indeed obliged—...to interpose myself.”
“And did you?”—Lesley speaking.
“In a general way, yes.”
“With Justin? Or with Tessa directly?”
“The problem was, obviously, that her relationship with Bluhm had cover, as one might say,” Woodrow replied, contriving to ignore the question. “The man's a ranking doctor. He's well regarded in the aid community.MoreLess
“Only I imagine it could be very worrying for you—vexing too, in your position of responsibility as Head of Chancery—seeing all this happening under your nose and knowing there's nothing you can do to stop it. I mean you can't go up to Justin, can you, and say, ”Look at that bearded black man over there, he's carrying on with your wife,“ can you? Or can you?”
“If scandal threatens to drag the good name of the Mission into the gutter, I'm entitled—indeed obliged—...to interpose myself.”
“And did you?”—Lesley speaking.
“In a general way, yes.”
“With Justin? Or with Tessa directly?”
“The problem was, obviously, that her relationship with Bluhm had cover, as one might say,” Woodrow replied, contriving to ignore the question. “The man's a ranking doctor. He's well regarded in the aid community.MoreLess
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