The customary gold band was missing; but a soft gold Chinese ring Spurlock
had picked up in Singapore—the characters representing good luck and
prosperity—was slipped over Ruth's third finger. I didn’t understand. I'm a bit daffy about music. There were mysterious sounds, all of them musical. “Who took care of you after she died?”
“My father. It probably had its own repulsive oubliette in the
bottom, where tiny princesses could fall and break their
necks. He carried her in his arms up
the steps, like a bride on her honeymoon. He came as an agreeable diversion from an insoluble perplexity. ’
‘But you do not make love,’ Melusine pointed out. That is why you came here, isn’t it?’
‘Alors, now we know who is the spy, Monsieur Gérard. He returned her
to her door at a decent hour, well before 10:00. And if you’ve any notion—’
‘Yes, it is upstairs,’ Melusine agreed, crossing to the library door.
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