”
He pronounced this with an air of profound conviction and with his eyes on
Ann Veronica’s face. “If he is not here now I
can make myself safe. "This your regular business?"
"For the present. May I know your name?’
The lady eyed him. Courtlaw found himself ushered without questions into Annabel’s long low
drawing-room, fragrant with flowers and somewhat to his surprise, crowded with
guests. It opened and a nun’s head popped out. She
gloried in it: he needed her. Moving swiftly to the end of the corridor, he pushed
open a door at random and entered a large room, which looked to have been a
saloon, judging from the faded gilt and crimson wall-paper, a mirror above the
fireplace which was surrounded by an ornate gilded frame, now sadly tarnished,
and a worn Chippendale sofa with striped upholstery and tasselled cushions. ’
He paused, but Melusine caught the inference.
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