فصل 06

Chapter six

Conway has a Visitor

The next morning Kee got on the bus. He bought a ticket to Port au Prince. During the journey he looked out of the window. There were new houses and offices all along the road from his village to Port au Prince.

When he arrived, he found a taxi and gave the driver the address. ‘Do you know how to get there?’ asked Kee.

‘Oh, yes,’ said the taxi driver. ‘Mr Conway is a big man round here. Very important. Rich, too. And they say he has a lot of friends.’

‘I know,’ said Kee. He sat back in the taxi as it drove away.

After a long time, they arrived at the office of Conway Construction. Kee paid the taxi driver, and went in. Conway’s secretary, Marie, was sitting at a desk. She looked at Kee.

‘Good afternoon,’ she said, ‘Can I help you?’

‘Yes,’ said Kee, ‘I want to talk to Mr Conway.’

‘What’s your name?’ the young woman asked.

‘Kee,’ he replied.

‘Please sit down,’ Marie said. Then she picked up a telephone and talked to Conway. ‘There’s a man here, she said. ‘He wants to talk to you.’ She waited for a moment, and then said, ‘Kee, Mr Kee. No, I don t know who he is. He’s an old man.’ Marie put down the telephone and looked at Kee. ‘Mr Conway is waiting for you,’ she said. ‘Please go in.’

Kee walked to Conway’s door and went in. Conway smiled and said, ‘Good afternoon, Kee. My name is Conway. Please sit down. Can I help you?’ Kee was surprised. Then he said, ‘Yes, Mr Conway. My name is Kee. I live in the village of Bussy.’

‘Do you?’ said Conway. ‘I know the village of Bussy well. It’s very nice. We’re building a new town there.’

‘Yes, I know,’ said Kee. ‘You’re building some shops and a hotel there too. But you must not build them on the graveyard. It is a very important place.’