[The Black Box by E. Phillips Oppenheim]@TWC D-Link bookThe Black Box CHAPTER X 27/59
That's my address, Mrs.Willet. If you hear anything, I wish you'd let me know.
Lenora's quite a particular friend of mine and I am a little anxious." Mrs.Willet smiled knowingly. "I'll let you know certainly, sir," she promised, "and glad I shall be to hear of Lenora's being comfortably settled, after that first unfortunate affair of hers.
You'll excuse me a moment.
I'm a little slower in my wits than you.
Did you say that Lenora was at Hampstead yesterday afternoon and they told her my address ?" "That's so," Quest admitted. The woman's face grew troubled. "I don't like it," she said simply. "Neither do I," Quest agreed. "London's no place, nowadays," Mrs.Willet continued, "for girls as pretty as Lenora to be wandering about in.
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