\"Commodore Varick was poisoned,\" said Mme. Storey in a low tone, \"and you were the last person to see him before he was taken ill.\"
The Princess stared at her in what appeared to be the purest amazement. One could not be sure, of course. \"That was not in the newspaper,\" she said naïvely.
\"No,\" said my employer dryly.
The little lady was breathing hard with emotion. She seemed to be scarcely capable of speaking. \"And do you mean,
\"Commodore Varick was poisoned,\" said Mme. Storey in a low tone, \"and you were the last person to see him before he was taken ill.\"
The Princess stared at her in what appeared to be the purest amazement. One could not be sure, of course. \"That was not in the newspaper,\" she said naïvely.
\"No,\" said my employer dryly.
The little lady was breathing hard with emotion. She seemed to be scarcely capable of speaking. \"And do you mean,
