It was from one of these plum trees that he later fell, injuring himself so that he died.

You can understand what these plum trees mean to me, perhaps ?" Lady Agatha impulsively sat down beside the elder woman and put her arm about her.

But Miss Pringle stiffly moved away.

After a moment she continued: "The preserved plums, as I have said, are sent me every year on my birthday.

This year, when I received from my niece a notification that they had been shipped, I called for the box personally at the freight office.
"What was my astonishment to learn that the box had been claimed in my name, not a quarter of an hour before, and taken away.
"I obtained a description of the person who had represented herself as Miss Genevieve Pringle, and of the vehicle in which she had carried off my box.