"
"Did he owe you money?"
"Oh, no!"
"Then why do you wish to know?"
Ah Cum pondered. Like
the Valades, I imagine. There was little more here than a sideboard, a chest for the vestments, and a
simple wooden chair. "
"Not quite," rejoined the thief-taker, significantly. These two elderly ladies would call her stark mad. Besides, it was under false pretences. The doctor's lessons, perhaps delivered with too much serious
emphasis, had destroyed that buoyant confidence in her ability to take care of
herself. Though encumbered by his
irons, his step was firm, and his demeanour dignified. Did you bring any luggage?"
"All I own. ‘But that is easy. All the best novels have been
written by women, and yet see how men sneer at the lady novelist still! There’s
only one way to get on for a woman, and that is to please men. What was this man?"
"A detective from the States. Miss Klegg raised the question of women’s suffrage, and he set
himself to provoke a duel between her and Miss Garvice. "
"What does it signify?" returned the latter, angrily. Melusine started
back, blinking.
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