‘You have kept your appointment, Monsieur—that is well,’ said Mrs. Belassis, in her measured tones. ‘I am convinced that we ought to understand one another, that we have the same object in view. It would facilitate matters if you would speak out more frankly, and tell me what is the real object of your visit here.’ ‘Ostensibly, yes; but you know, and I know, that your real motive was to watch Philip Debenham.’…
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