He bent closer quickly.
“Why in the world are you going there?”
“To rest up.”
“You? That’s what you told the Embassy people, I suppose.”
“Yes.”
“Well, did they believe it?”
“I don’t know.”
“I hope you didn’t expect me to. Look at me, Cynthia Gail. Why are you traveling to Switzerland; you have to tell me the truth of what you intend to do!”
Chapter XV
GERRY’S PROBLEM
Ruth had told that truth, perforce, to George Byrne with the result that he had condemned her; and, when meeting this condemnation, she had said that Gerry must know that she was loyal. But did she know that now?