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Well?"
Tuppence leaned forward and lowered her voice.
WHO IS MR. BROWN?"
"
Her quick eyes saw the sudden paling of the beautiful face. With an effort Mrs.
Vandemeyer pulled herself together and tried to resume her former manner. But
the attempt was a mere parody.
She shrugged her shoulders.
"You can't have learnt much about us if you don't know that NOBODY KNOWS
WHO MR. BROWN IS...."
"You do," said Tuppence quietly.
Again the colour deserted the other's face.
"
"
What makes you think that?"
I don't know," said the girl truthfully. "But I'm sure."
Mrs. Vandemeyer stared in front of her for a long time.
"
Yes," she said hoarsely, at last, "I know. I was beautiful, you see--very beautiful--
"
"You are still," said Tuppence with admiration.
Mrs. Vandemeyer shook her head. There was a strange gleam in her electric-blue
eyes.
"Not beautiful enough," she said in a soft dangerous voice. "Not--beautiful--
enough! And sometimes, lately, I've been afraid.... It's dangerous to know too
much!" She leaned forward across the table. "Swear that my name shan't be
brought into it--that no one shall ever know."
"
I swear it. And, once's he caught, you'll be out of danger."
A terrified look swept across Mrs. Vandemeyer's face.
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