'"
"There," said Meldon, "those are almost the exact words Miss King used
to me in the train."
The Major went on, reading aloud.
"'May I ask,' said our representative, 'in what part of the country--?'
'No,' said Mrs. Lorimer, smiling. 'You may not ask that; or, if you
do, I shall not answer you. But you may do this for me, if you like.
You may tell the hall porter to order a cab for me, a four-wheeler. I
have a good deal of luggage.'"
"She had," said Meldon; "I saw it when we got out at Dunbeg station,
and it wasn't all there, for one of her trunks had got lost on the way."
"'Our representative,' read the Major, 'shook hands with Mrs. Lorimer
as she entered the cab. The order given to the driver was Euston
station. Thus a lady of great personal charm, whose terrible
experience has for some weeks focussed the attention of the civilised
world upon the affairs of her private life passes--'"
"You needn't go on," said Meldon. "The rest of the article is mere
piffle. The essential part is what you've read out, and I imagine it
ought to pretty well clinch the matter. She drove to Euston, intending
to travel from that station to some very quiet neighbourhood in which
she had taken a house beforehand.
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