"How very credulous people are," she said with a self-conscious smile.

"If Thelma Bennett Watkins were here she would credit this powder with--" She stopped, for an astonishing sharp smell filled the Shop.

Almost immediately a curious wheezy sound, punctuated by taps, proceeded from the corner.

It was Mr.Bernard Tovey trying to sing, "Mon coeur s'ouvr' a ta voix," and beating time by swinging his heels against the counter on which he sat.
Sarah Brown felt suddenly well.

She trembled but was well.