Who Murdered Reynard

on preferred, and even a man less infatuated than William Kindell appeared to b

thod was to examine the shop windows, and occasionally to fasten upon some article which she would acquire, not without some shrewdness of bargaining in her indolent way, but wi

. At twelve-fifty-five she consented

aturally to the question of what duty she would have to pay to the Engl

e likely to have much, if you

say it's much w

of course, if you come over and buy things here, the trouble comes when you're getting them home. . . . Not

lly plans to get some jewellery through. Suppose a woman hid a diamond

y've got a good many ways of checking up that the public don't know. I believe a lot of the shop-assistants here are br

ther a mean

g. They weren't very costly, and you spread them out over several shops. All

m. You can't be charged duty on anything you broug

be quite sure

n't declare it w

ceive that he was not merely asked his opinion on an abstract question. He said,

well without Uncle knowing I'd got them with me, which the

n't very wise to bring them und

ht I might go to places where I could wear t

ng worried as to how

of something. You know more abou

d I can't

I think you'd be ce

are you go

's a wretched meeting

it is - jewellery? Well, I might have guessed that - was bought in England, and whether they make you pay duty or not, you could arrange t

shall. I'll let y

knew," she said, assuming much more than he had said, "t

rotest that she must not be too confident of his

as they drove back to the hotel, being more familiar i

ccepted her invitation to join them for the English tea which the Professor required to be s

ave worked less smoothly had she been able to hear the conversation which was proceeding in one of the telephone booths on the ground floor. "I t

that night at dinner. She would have been better pleased had he not added that he might have to leave almost immediately afterwa

ad so much gaiety to offer to the visitor whose purse was sufficiently plenished, allowed her disappointment to show for one sh

ed. Had she, she wondered, been incredibly snubbed? Did he mean that he would dine with her father, but did