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Island in the Sun
James Conway put away his business papers and sat back in his seat. He looked out of the aeroplane window down at the warm blue sea below. Far away, inthe bright sun, there were the long white beaches of the island of Haiti. Behind them, he could just see the small wooden houses and the deep green leaves of the coconut trees,which were moving lazily in the soft afternoon wind. 'It looks beautiful, doesn't it?' Conway looked at the

The coconut trees were moving slowly in the wind.

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woman sitting next to him. 'Very nice,' he answered. 'Is this your first visit to Haiti?' the woman asked. 'Yes, but I'm not here as a visitor,' said Conway. 'I have abuilding company - it's called Conway Construction. My company has offices all over the world - America, Europe, Africa. We're very big in Australia too - everyone in Australia hasheard the name Conway. I'm coming to get an office here, buy some land, build a few hotels, you know. The land is very cheap here - you can buy a piece of land to build a small townon, for a few thousand dollars. Sorry, I don't know your name. I'm Mr Conway, James Conway. Just call me Conway.' 'I'm Karen Jackson.' 'Nice to meet you, Karen. What do you do?Hav~ you got a job, or are you married?' 'I'm at Harvard University.' 'From the University? Are you a secretary there?' 'No, I'm a doctor. I'm teaching medicine.' 'A doctor! That'sinteresting. What are you doing here in Haiti? Are you on holiday? I know you teachers get long holidays.' Karen Jackson was beginning to dislike the man. 'No,' she said. 'I'mgoing to work in the hospital at Port au Prince. And while I'm here, I'm going to do some work for my book.'

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