A sheet of corrugated iron peeled off the roof and folded down over the doorway, hanging in a stiff curl. Two tall fan palms flanked the house, planted clear of the walls, and the peeled iron was still the strongest red in the frame.

A sheet of corrugated iron peeled off the roof and folded down over the doorway, hanging in a stiff curl. Two tall fan palms flanked the house, planted clear of the walls, and the peeled iron was still the strongest red in the frame.