“WE were sitting over our first gin-tonics at the big circular bar in the centre of the room, and Wally swivelled his twenty-two stone around to peer at two figures who had halted inside the entrance.
“The Hotel Indonesia in Jakarta was managed by an American airline, and the Wayang Bar followed the American practice and sealed itself against all natural light.”
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