Aline,\" said Mme. Storey calmly. \"I thought it was a hoax. We are continually being hoaxed over the telephone.\"
\"Why didn't you tell me?\"
\"Well, you are not a person that one tells things to. You carry on so!\"
I doubt if this reached Mrs. Julian's understanding.
\"I thought the threat—if there was a threat—was directed against you,\" Mme. Storey went on. \"Who could ever have foreseen that it was worth anybody's while to murder Ram Lal?\"
Aline,\" said Mme. Storey calmly. \"I thought it was a hoax. We are continually being hoaxed over the telephone.\"
\"Why didn't you tell me?\"
\"Well, you are not a person that one tells things to. You carry on so!\"
I doubt if this reached Mrs. Julian's understanding.
\"I thought the threat—if there was a threat—was directed against you,\" Mme. Storey went on. \"Who could ever have foreseen that it was worth anybody's while to murder Ram Lal?\"
