44/56 If John Blackmore is married, she is probably his wife. Do you happen to know if he is married ?" "Yes; but Mrs.John Blackmore is not much like Mrs.Schallibaum, excepting that she has a cast in the left eye. She is a dark woman with very heavy eyebrows." "That is to say that she differs from Mrs.Schallibaum in those peculiarities that can be artificially changed and resembles her in the one feature that is unchangeable. Do you know if her Christian name happens to be Pauline ?" "Yes, it is. She was a Miss Pauline Hagenbeck, a member of an American theatrical company. |