9/21 From a passage behind her, a girl, butterfly-bright, flashed out and danced joyously down the stairs. A new-comer, thought Jenny, with a pang of alarm for her mistress! But she heard the new-comer speak, and heard her spoken to. It was Joan Whitworth. What had come over her? Her quick mind realised that Mario Escobar was not answerable for the change since Mario Escobar was miles away at Midhurst. |