"Just one more question," he said, looking her hard in the eyes. "Before Lady Dormer died—before General Fentiman came to see her—did you know what provision she had made for you and for him in her will?"
The girl stared back at him, and he saw panic come into her eyes. It seemed to flow all over her like a wave. She clenched her hands at her sides, and her miserable eyes dropped beneath his gaze, shifting as though looking for a way out.
"Well?" said Parker.
"No!" she said. "No! of course not. Why should I?" Then, surprisingly, a dull crimson flush flooded her sallow cheeks and ebbed away, leaving her looking like death.
"Go away," she said, furiously, "you make me sick."
CHAPTER XVIII
Picture-cards
"So I've put a man in and had all the things in that cupboard taken away for examination," said Parker.
Lord Peter shook his head.