23/25 "I thought that Fate had dealt me out most of her evil tricks when I came down here, a political outcast. She had another one up her sleeve, however. Do you read your morning papers ?" "Every day," she confessed. "Is it a weakness ?" "Not at all." "You read of the disappearance of the Honourable Anthony Palliser ?" "Of course," she answered. "Besides, you told me about it, did you not, yesterday afternoon? |