"Don't you know me, Effra?" There was almost a sob in his voice.
"I never saw you before in my life."
Parker turned, moved to a window slot, stood looking out. The trees below him, the island, the sea, the PT boat lying at anchor off shore, he saw all of these things, but yet he did not see them.
He had found Effra and she did not remember him, did not know him. Inside of him was agony, such pain as he had never known. He felt a touch on his arm. Rozeno stood there, his face troubled. "Do you know our Effra, my son?"
"Yes."
"Do you, perhaps, love her?"
"Yes."
"And you are very unhappy because she does not respond?"
"Yes."