\"Before you left the room, had you and Commodore Varick drunk tea?\"
The girl struck her forehead. \"Let me think! Yes, I remember that tea was made. I made it with little silver balls.\"
She said this in a seemingly open manner, but she was far from being a simple maiden, and how could one tell?
\"Was it drunk?\"
\"I did not drink any,\" she said quickly.
\"And the Commodore?\"
\"I do not know...Yes! I have a recollection of seeing him swallow it,
\"Before you left the room, had you and Commodore Varick drunk tea?\"
The girl struck her forehead. \"Let me think! Yes, I remember that tea was made. I made it with little silver balls.\"
She said this in a seemingly open manner, but she was far from being a simple maiden, and how could one tell?
\"Was it drunk?\"
\"I did not drink any,\" she said quickly.
\"And the Commodore?\"
\"I do not know...Yes! I have a recollection of seeing him swallow it,
