... Tell me,
Penny--was any of the Hamilton girls ever in disgrace while in the
Forsyte School?"
Penny's face flamed. "I'm sorry to disappoint you, but so far as I know
there was never anything of the sort. Of course we all graduated
different years, except Karen and I, and I might not have heard--But
no!" she denied vehemently. "There wasn't any scandal on a Hamilton girl
ever! I'm sure of it!"
But her very vehemence convinced Bonnie Dundee that she was not at all
sure....
He looked at his watch. Four o'clock.... By this time Nita Selim--tiny
cold body, royal blue velvet dress, black curls piled high in an
old-fashioned "French roll," bullet-torn heart--were nothing more than a
little heap of grey ashes.... Would Lydia Carr have them put in a sealed
urn and carry them about with her always?
"I'm going out now, Penny, and I shan't be back today," he told the girl
who had returned to her furious typing. "I'll telephone in about an hour
to see if anything has come up.... By the way, how do I get to the
Dunlap house?"
"It's in the Brentwood section. You know--that cluster of hills around
Mirror Lake. Most of the crowd live out there--the Drakes, the Mileses,
the Beales, the Marshalls. The Dunlap house stands on the highest hill
of all.
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