| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 1 | 65 | 129 | 194 | 258 |
|
www.freeclassicebooks.com
dreams.
Miss Cowley told him.
"And the curious part of it is," she ended, "that I really did invent the name of
Jane Finn! I didn't want to give my own because of poor father--in case I should
get mixed up in anything shady."
"
"
"
Perhaps that's so," said Tommy slowly. "But you didn't invent it."
What?"
No. I told it to you. Don't you remember, I said yesterday I'd overheard two
people talking about a female called Jane Finn? That's what brought the name
into your mind so pat."
"So you did. I remember now. How extraordinary----" Tuppence tailed off into
silence. Suddenly she aroused herself. "Tommy!"
"Yes?"
"
What were they like, the two men you passed?"
Tommy frowned in an effort at remembrance.
"One was a big fat sort of chap. Clean shaven, I think--and dark."
"
That's him," cried Tuppence, in an ungrammatical squeal. "That's Whittington!
What was the other man like?"
"I can't remember. I didn't notice him particularly. It was really the outlandish
name that caught my attention."
"
And people say that coincidences don't happen!" Tuppence tackled her Peche
Melba happily.
But Tommy had become serious.
"
Look here, Tuppence, old girl, what is this going to lead to?"
More money," replied his companion.
"
2
6
Page
Quick Jump
|