work.\" She waved her hand towards the machine.
\"Sit down,\" said Mme. Storey soothingly. \"I am told that you were perhaps the last person to see the Commodore before he was taken sick, and I look to you to help me.\"
\"Certainly,\" said Miss Priestley—but she did not sit. \"Anything I can do. However, I am not the one you are looking for.\"
Her odd manner intrigued my employer. \"No?\" she said with half a smile. She was studying the girl through her lashes.
work.\" She waved her hand towards the machine.
\"Sit down,\" said Mme. Storey soothingly. \"I am told that you were perhaps the last person to see the Commodore before he was taken sick, and I look to you to help me.\"
\"Certainly,\" said Miss Priestley—but she did not sit. \"Anything I can do. However, I am not the one you are looking for.\"
Her odd manner intrigued my employer. \"No?\" she said with half a smile. She was studying the girl through her lashes.
