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- Authors: Ellie Dean
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Malaya, December 1941
Despite the isolation of the rubber plantation, and the simplicity of the large,
tin-roofed wooden bungalow that jutted from the hillside on stilts above the
canopy of trees, the Fuller family always dressed for dinner, even when
dining alone.
But tonight they had a guest – a very special guest – and nineteen-year-old
Sarah Fuller had taken extra care with her appearance. Instead of the usual
cotton blouse, skirt, and sensible shoes Philip Tarrant saw her in every day at
her father’s plantation office, she had changed into a shantung silk dress that
skimmed her slender figure and was the colour of rich cream; her clear
complexion was enhanced by the string of pearls around her neck, and she’d
pinned a frangipani flower into her freshly washed fair hair.
Philip was twenty-four and looked very handsome in his white shirt and
tuxedo. As their eyes frequently met over the candlelit table, they shared
moments of silent intimacy which brought a flush to Sarah’s cheeks that had
little to do with the humidity and heat of the tropical night.
Tall and darkly attractive, Philip was the son of the wealthy plantation
owner. He’d left Malaya as a schoolboy and had returned eighteen months
ago, moving into his family’s magnificent white colonial house that stood
hidden amid the trees further up the hill, so he could take over the reins of the
plantation from his widowed, ailing father who had relocated upcountry into
the much cooler Cameron Highlands.
Philip was considered to be a great catch among the ambitious, socialclimbing matrons of the Malaysian peninsula who had daughters to marry
off, but it appeared he only had eyes for Sarah – and she still found that fact
rather miraculous.
After all, she was only the plantation manager’s daughter, an ordinary
secretary who, unlike most of her peers, had never left Malaya because her
father didn’t approve of English boarding schools and long family
separations. In the echelons of what passed as high society amongst the white
expats here in Malaya, she was regarded with a certain reserve that had
hardened somewhat since Philip had shown interest in her.
Sarah tore her gaze away from him and tried to concentrate on the
delicious food their Chinese cook, Wa Ling, had spent most of the day
preparing. She fully understood the infinitesimal layers of the social
hierarchy that ruled this colonial outpost – and knew without a doubt that if
this delicate relationship with Philip should founder, there would be a degree
of smugness amongst those who’d openly sneered that such a match couldn’t
last.
But for now she was happy to bask in the love that shone from his eyes
whenever he looked at her, warmed by the sound of his voice and his
nearness as they worked together in the estate office, bent over maps of the
vast plantation and discussing the shipping contracts and warehouse
capacities, along with her father, who had managed the business almost
single-handedly for many years.
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