But she told her maid, who was my friend, that they were old friends of hers.

And I think they were sorry for poor Senora Gredos, sir," added Miss Grant, naively, "as she suffered so much with her back.

You know, she rarely moved from her couch.

It was always wheeled into the room where the gambling took place." "Ah.

You knew that gambling went on," said Jennings, snapping her up sharply.