They would ask you where to look for her, and they would torment you incessantly.

If I were you I would say as little as possible." Madame Wachner spoke very quickly, almost breathlessly, and Sylvia felt vaguely uncomfortable.

There was, of course, only one person to whom she was likely to mention the fact, and that was Paul de Virieu.
Was it possible that Madame Wachner wished to warn her against telling him of a fact which he was sure to discover for himself in the course of a day or two?
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