But Ann Veronica had still to get to her
chief topic. She looked at it with a little shudder,
but she made no motion to take it. Did you not hear the shot?’
‘I ain’t saying as I didn’t hear no shot,’ Trodger said carefully, peering at her
out of eyes narrowed with interest, ‘but what I do say is, it’s mighty peculiar you
saying as how there’s a Frenchman in the case, when it’s as plain as the nose on
your face that you’re a Frenchwoman yourself. ’
The lady hesitated a moment, her eyes seeming to measure the distance
between where he stood and the door. ”
She looked at him quizzically and shrugged. Smith decidedly the plainest of the
two. “Call me Cathy, John. ’
Joan sniffed. "What did you ring for, Sir?" she asked, eyeing the group with astonishment. Why? Here
was a curtain indeed. From the
threshold she looked her accuser steadily and coldly in the face. A momentary petrifaction, and terror had lent wings to
her feet. You have only to look resolute and proceed upon
your way.
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