21/23 One of them, an attache at the Italian Embassy, brought Giovanni and introduced him to me. We were together from midnight until 4.30 a.m.Whilst poor Alan was lying here dead, I was revelling at a _bal masque_. Do you think I am likely to forget the circumstances ?" The icy tones thrilled with pitiful remembrance. But the barrister's task required the unsparing use of the probe. He determined, once and for all, to end an unpleasant scene. |